Comments to: David Woods
Last Updated: April 2008
St. Christopher: A Select Bibliography
Primary Texts
- "Passio Sancti Christophori Martyris", Analecta Bollandiana 1 (1882), 394-405 [BHL 1764]
- Act. Sanct. Jul. VI, 146-49 [BHL 1766]
- F. Halkin (ed.), Hagiologie byzantine: Textes inédits publiés en grec et traduits en français (Brusssels, 1986) [BHG 311b]
- Usener, H. Acta S. Marinae et S. Christophori (Bonn, 1886) [BHG 309 and 310c]
- Van Hooff, G. "S. Christophori Martyris Acta Graeca Antiqua", Analecta Bollandiana 10 (1891), 394-405 [BHG 310]
Academic Secondary Literature
- Avraméa, A. "La géographie du culte de saint Christophe en Grèce de l'epoque méso-byzantine", in Ahrweiler, H. et al. (eds.), Geographica byzantina (Paris, 1981)
- Bartlett, R. "Dogs and Dog-heads: The Inhabitants of the World", in his The Natural and the Supernatural in the Middle Ages (Cambridge, 2008), 71-110
- Bruce, S. "Hagiography as Monstrous Ethnography: A Note on Ratramnus of Corbie's Letter Concerning the Conversion of Cynocephali", in Wieland, G.R., Ruff, C., and Arthur, R.G. (eds.), Insignis Sophiae Arcator: Medieval Latin Studies in Honour of Michael Herren on His 65th Birthday (Turnhout, 2006), 45-56
- Dölger, F.J. "Christophoros als Ehrentitel für Märtyren und Heilige im christlichen Altertum", Antike und Christentum 4, 73-80
- Gaidoz, H. "Saint Christophe a tête de chien: en Irlande et en Russie", Mémoires de la Société Nationale de Antiquaries de France 76 (1924), 193-218
- Grégoire, H. "Inscriptions Historiques Byzantines", Byzantion 4 (1927), 461-65
- Haile, G. "The Martyrdom of St. Peter Archbishop of Alexandria" (EMML 1763 ff.79r.80v.)", Analecta Bollandiana 98 (1980), 85-92
- Hill, S. "Matronianus, comes Isauriae: An Inscription from an Early Byzantine Basilica at Yanikhan, Rough Cilicia", Anatolian Studies 35 (1985), 93-97
- Lionarons, J.T. "From Monster to Martyr: The Old English Legend of St. Christopher", in Jones, T.S., and Sprunger, D.A. (eds.), Marvels, Monsters, and Miracles: Studies in the Medieval and Early Modern Imaginations (Kalamazoo, 2002), 167-82
- Loeschcke, W. "S. Christophorus Canineus" in Edwin Reslob zum 70. Geburstag: Eine Festgabe (Berlin, 1955), 33-82
- Mariaule, A. "Le trésor et le culte de Saint Christophe dans le diocèse de Tournai", Revue diocésaine de Tournai 5 (1950), 481-91
- Millard, B. "St. Christopher and the Lunar Disc of Anubis", Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 73 (1987), 237-38
- Racine, F. "Geography, Identity, and the Legend of St. Christopher", in Frakes, R.M., and DePalma Digeser, E. (eds.), Religious Identity in Late Antiquity (Toronto, 2006), 105-25
- Rosenfeld, H.F. Der hl. Christophorus: Seine Verehrung und seine Legende (Leipzig, 1937)
- Saintyves, P. Saint Christophe: Successeur d'Anubis, d'Hermes et d'Heracles (Paris, 1936)
- Schreyer, L. St. Christophorus (Freiburg i.B., 1936)
- Schwartz, J. "A propos de l'iconographie orientale de s. Christophe", Le Muséon 67 (1954), 93-98
- Waterman, R.P. Two Old French Poems on Saint Leu and Saint Christopher from MS BN fr. 1555 (Yale University, 1948)
- White, D.G. Myths of the Dog-Man (Chicago, 1991)
- Woods, D. "St. Christopher, Bishop Peter of Attalia, and the Cohors Marmaritarum", Vigiliae Christianae 48 (1994), 170-86
Art History
- Anon. San Cristoforo e il Bambin Gesù: Un Dipinto del Museo Civico Attribuito ad Amico Aspertini (Urbania, 1996)
- Ameisenowa, Z. "Animal-Headed Gods, Evangelists, Saints and Righteous Men", Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 12 (1949), 21-45
- Stahl, E.K. Die Darstellung des hl. Christophorus in der Graphik des 15. Jahrhunderts: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Typenwandlung (Munich, 1919)
Popular, Devotional, or Children's Literature
- Anon. Storia di San Cristoforo, cavalier di Cristo dove si narra comme fosse liberato dalle tentazioni, la sua conversione, i tormenti, ed il suo supplizio avvenuto in Samo (Firenze, 1880)
- Brother Ernest, CSC, The Giant Saint: A Legend of Saint Christopher (Notre Dame, 1951)
- Cropper, M. The Legend of St. Christopher: A Play in Five Scenes (London, 1932)
- De Paola, T. Christopher: The Holy Giant (Cambridge, 1994)
- Dooley, B.F.J. The Servant of the King: The Legend of St. Christopher (Milwaukee, 1930)
- Elliott, N.J. Saint Christopher - the Gaelic Version: A Play in Two Scenes (London, 1947)
- Hodges, M. Saint Christopher (Grand Rapids, 1997)
- Janda, J. & McNichols, W.H. (ill.), The Legend of St. Christopher (Mahwah, NJ, 1987)
- Johnson, C. St. Christopher: The Patron Saint of Travellers (Edinburgh, 1932)
- MacGregor, M. & Fortescue-Brickdale, E. (ill.) The Story of St. Christopher (London, 19??)
- Masseron, A. Saint Christophe, patron des automobilistes (Paris, 1933)
- Richmond, F.E. (Mrs), The Story of the Good Giant (Providence, 1882)
- Villeneuve, J. La légende de Saint-Christophe (Chicoutimi, Quebec, 1992)
- Windeatt, M.F. & Harmon, G. (ill.), St. Christopher (Rockford, IL, 1992)