For the life of Christopher, whose historical existence through early testimonies of devotion and consecration of a church in the year 452 in Chalkedon - today's Kad?köy district of Istanbul - is protected, entwine many legends. He is under the eastern sources hundsköpfiges monsters have been that only through baptism learned the language, the name Reprobus believed was a soldier and as a martyr was executed. It is possible that the text of a manuscript "genere canaaneo", "chanaanäischem from sex" as "canineo", "dog-like", was read.

According to this legend elders had Christophorus "miraculously" received the baptism and moved now teaching and preaching through the country. He was a king after Lycia, where he did not understand the language and confuses its nadir when he was in prayer. Through this prayer, he was the understanding that language opened up and he could now turn to the place of the words of the martyred there strengthening award. A judge hit him, Christopher put his iron rod into the ground, the green and flourishing, this miracle converted 8000 people.

The Christians followed the king had Christophorus incarcerate and sent two of his prostitutes, and Micäa Aquilina, which should make him away. But they were converted from Christopher, so the king subject to cruel tortures and beheads. Then the ruler sent 200 war servants in order to grasp the giants, they could not because he was superhuman strength from the prayer. Another 200 were sent servants, but they converted and were beheaded. 400 archers should shoot him now, but the arrows were in the air, and when the King gave this magic, an arrow hit him and made him blind. Christopher said to him: "Tomorrow I'm dead, then take my blood, mix it with soil, put it on your eye, and you will be healed." Christopher was then beheaded, the King did, he said, was seeing and converted . Laboriously dragged the war servants hundsköpfigen the corpse of the giant gate to beyond.