Saint Christopher

(Placename) another name for Saint Kitts

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Noun	1.	Saint Christopher - Christian martyr and patron saint of travellers (3rd century) Christopher, St. Christopher
	2.	Saint Christopher - the largest of the islands comprising Saint Christopher-Nevis Saint Kitts, St. Kitts, St. Christopher Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - a country on several of the Leeward Islands; located to the east southeast of Puerto Rico; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1983

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"Did not the holy Saint Christopher ever carry the stranger across the river?

"Dost thou think," said the Friar mildly, "that the good Saint Christopher would ha' sought his own ease so?

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Should he then presume to demand it, or to affirm he was unlawfully made my prisoner, by the belt of Saint Christopher, he will speak to one who hath never refused to meet a foe on foot or on horseback, alone or with his vassals at his back!''

There is a huge lumbering Saint Christopher yonder, sufficient to bear a whole company to the earth.''

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I will lay a wager that 'twas that Saint Christopher, Porthos, who performed this feat!

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And if we enter the interior of the edifice, who has overthrown that colossus of Saint Christopher, proverbial for magnitude among statues, as the grand hall of the Palais de Justice was among halls, as the spire of Strasbourg among spires?

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Tsai arrived back in the country Monday (July 22) after a tour of its four allies Haiti, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia with stopovers in New York City and Denver, Colorado.

Taiwan intelligence agent smuggles cigarettes under cover of presidential trip

The tattoo is actually of Saint Christopher - the patron saint of travellers, athletes and sports.

Love Island's Josh Denzel has 'penis tattoo' on his arm and it can't be unseen, claim fans; Viewers are all saying the same hilarious thing about the inking - it looks like someone's manhood

• Les Khan, CEO (Citizenship By Investment Unit, Government of Saint Christopher and Nevis)

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Discovered in Cookson's home before she died, the new books are a fiction novel titled Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger, written in 1952, as well as a non-fiction title, A Catherine Cookson Memoir.

Amazon Publishing acquires two new and unseen Catherine Cookson titles

Image: Tilman van der Burch, Saint Christopher, ca.

Carrying Christ