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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > the giant and martyr Christophorus; possible attributes: palm-tree (with bunches of dates, or withered), infant Christ > martyrdom, suffering, misfortune, death of St. Christopher > forty archers fail to harm St. Christopher, the arrows being miraculously deflected; one of the arrows returns and strikes the king in the eye

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11H(CHRISTOPHER)62forty archers fail to harm St. Christopher, the arrows being miraculously deflected; one of the arrows returns and strikes the king in the eye  

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Subject

  • archer
  • arrow
  • Christ-child
  • Christian religion
  • Christopher (St.)
  • date-palm
  • eye
  • forty
  • giant
  • king
  • martyr
  • miracle
  • religion
  • saint
  • shooting
  • supernatural
  • unharmed

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  • 11H(CHRISTOPHER)62

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28CHRISTOPHER%2962

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