Patron Saint of Travelers - Small St. Christopher

Handcrafted from an antique sacred medallion from France, this talisman features St. Christopher, Patron Saint of Travelers. According to the legendary account of his life Christopher was initially called Reprobus. Acquiring in time extraordinary size and strength, Reprobus resolved to serve only the strongest and the bravest. He bound himself successively to a mighty king and to Satan, but he found both lacking in courage, the former dreading even the name of the devil, and the latter frightened by the sight of a cross at the roadside. For a time his search for a new master was in vain, but at last he found a hermit who told him to offer his allegiance to Christ, instructed him in the faith, and baptized him. Christopher, as he was now called, would not promise to do any fasting or praying, but willingly accepted the task of carrying people, for God's sake, across a raging stream. One day he was carrying a child who continually grew heavier, so that it seemed to him as if he had the w