t the sight of a cross; so he
quitted him also, and went in search of the Saviour. One day, near a
ferry, a little child accosted him, and begged the giant to carry him
across the water. Christopher put the child on his back, but found every
step he took the child grew heavier and heavier, till the burden was
more than he could bear. As he sank beneath his load, the child told the
giant he was Christ, and Christopher resolved to serve Christ and Him
alone. He died three days afterwards, and was canonized. The Greek and
Latin churches look on him as the protecting saint against floods, fire,
and earthquake.--James de Voragine, _Golden Legends_, 100 (thirteenth
century).

[Asterism] His body is said to be at Valencia, in Spain; one of his arms
at Compostella; a jaw-bone at Astorga; a shoulder at St. Peter's, in
Rome; and a tooth and rib at Venice. His day is May 9 in the Greek
Church, and July 25 in the Latin. Of course, "the Christ-bearer" is an
allegory. The gigantic bones called his relics may serve for "matters of
faith" to give reality to the fable.

(His name before conversion was Off[)e]rus, but after he carried Christ
across the ford, it was called Christ-Offerus, shortened into
Christopher, which means "the Christ-bearer.")

=St. Clare= (_Augustin_), the kind, indulgent master of Uncle Tom. He was
beloved by all his slaves.

_Evangeline St. Clare_, daughter of Mr. St. Clare. Evangeline was the
good angel of the family, and was adored by Uncle Tom.

_Miss Ophelia St. Clare_, sister of Augustin.--Mrs. Harriet Beecher
Stowe, _Uncle Tom's Cabin_ (1852).

=St. Distaff=, an imaginary saint to whom January 7, or Twelfth Day is
consecrated.

Partly worke and partly play
You must on St. Distaff's Day;
Give St. Distaff all the right,
Then give Christmas sport good night.

_Wit Asporting in a Pleasant Grove of New Fancies_ (1657).

=St. Filume'na= or FILOMENA, a new saint of the Latin Church. Sabateli has
a picture of this nineteenth-century saint, representing her as hovering
over a group of sick and maimed, who are healed by her intercession. In
1802 a grave was found in the cemetery of St. Priscilla, and near it
three tiles, with these words in red letters.

+--------+ +-------+ +-------+
| LUMENA | | PAXTE | | CVMFI |
+--------+ +-------+ +-------+

A re-arrangement of the tiles made the inscription, PAX TE-CUM,
FI-LUMENA. That this was the correct rendering is quite