Austrian Crystal Clear Glass St Christopher Chaplet

Brand	Unbranded
Manufacturer	Unbranded
Model Number	CHAP162

This is a chaplet made of Austrian crystal clear glass. It is boxed and includes a prayer sheet. The chaplet is decorated with a lobster clasped to the chaplet. It is perfect for hanging in the car. The chaplet is made to commemorate Saint Christopher, a martyr and patron saint of travelers, bachelors, gardeners, epileptics, and toothache.

Austrian Crystal clear Glass St Christopher Chaplet
Beautiful little chaplet

Boxed

Prayer sheet included

Lobster clasped - perfect for hanging in the car






Saint Christopher






St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child


, by

Hieronymus Bosch

(c. 1485)

Martyr

Born

unknown


Canaan

(Western accounts) or

Marmarica

(Eastern accounts)


Died

c. 251


Asia Minor



Veneratedin


Roman Catholicism



Eastern Orthodoxy



Lutheranism



Oriental Orthodoxy



Anglicanism







Feast


25 July (

Latin Church

) , 9 May (Eastern Churches)


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Attributes


tree, branch, as a

giant

or

ogre

, carrying Jesus, spear, shield, as a dog-headed man


Patronage



bachelors

,

transportation

(drivers, sailors, etc.),

traveling

(especially for long journeys),

storms

,

Brunswick

, Saint Christopher's Island (

Saint Kitts

), Island

Rab

,

Vilnius

,

epilepsy

, gardeners, holy death,

toothache