medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 09:01 AM 07/25/2002 -0400, Bernadette Filotas wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
religion and culture
>
>Incidentally, does any learned list-member know why St.
Christopher's Vita describes him as "dogheaded"?
>
>
If I recall correctly, according to some legends
Christopher was physically deformed. He was supposed to be
very large, almost a giant, with a head that looked like a
dog's. An icon showing Christopher with a dog's head can
be found at:
http://www.ucc.ie/milmart/Christopher.html
The web page indicated also has a good history of the
Christopher legend and its various mutations through the ages.
Stephen A. Allen
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