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Description: | St Christopher is the patron saint of travellers. This London Transport poster, promoting safe travel to the country, depicts the legend surrounding his history. It was painted by the Russian artist and stage designer Vladimir Polunin.
St Christopher was originally called Offero. Whilst travelling the world, Offero met a hermit who lived beside a dangerous stream. The hermit taught Offero the word of God and encouraged him to use his great strength to help others. Offero decided to do good by carrying people safely across the stream.
One day he carried a small child across the stream. The child was extremely heavy but Offero managed to carry him safely to the other side. The child revealed himself to be Jesus and explained that his enormous weight was that of the world.
Christopher literally means Christ-bearer. Christopher's service at the stream led to his patronage of all things related to safe travel. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport Art and Design | Temporal: | 1934 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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