A sacred voyage to the East and the West. The birth of St. Christopherʼs cult and hagiography

October 23, 2006

👤Author

Name: Silvia MARIN-BARUTCIEFF

📄Article

Citation Recommendation: Marin-Barutcieff, Silvia. ‟A sacred voyage to the East and the West. The birth of St. Christopherʼs cult and hagiography”. Synthesis, no. XXXI-XXXIII, 2004-2006, pp. 63-72.


Title: A SACRED VOYAGE TO THE EAST AND THE WEST. THE BIRTH OF ST. CHRISTOPHERʼS CULT AND HAGIOGRAPHY
Pages: 63-72
Language: English
URL: https://synthesis.ro/pdf/2004-2006/XXXI-XXXIII/6_S_Marin_Barutcieff.pdf

Excerpt:

In Spain, the saint is celebrated on 10 July (VI idus julii).” It is believed that, on that day, a synagogue in Valencia was consecrated to the martyr, because the Jews heard the saint in their sleep, at night, asking them to renounce Judaism and to be baptized as Christians. The Dominican monk Vincent Ferrer, a native Valencian, who was canonized later, appears to have performed the conversion.”