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Quotation from The Golden Legend: Popular Saints by Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton
“The child answered: "Marvel thee nothing, Christopher, for thou hast not only borne all the world upon thee, but thou hast borne him that created and made all the world upon thy shoulders”
The Golden Legend: Popular Saints, Life of St. Christopher (Caxton/Ellis tradition)
The revelation explains Christopher's name and the visual logic of the Christ-bearing saint.
Citation: "The child answered: "Marvel thee nothing, Christopher, for thou hast not only borne all the world upon thee, but thou hast borne him that created and made all the world upon thy shoulders" — Jacobus de Voragine; William Caxton, The Golden Legend: Popular Saints, Life of St. Christopher (Caxton/Ellis tradition). (id golden-legend-popular-saints-q4)
