Carlo Saraceni, Paradise: Detail, St. Christopher
Appropriately, Christopher is pictured as larger than the other saints. The staff is one of his attributes, used when he was carrying travelers across the unfordable river. It lacks the top leaves often pictured in scenes of his carrying the Christ Child across the river.
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Photographed at the site by Claire Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.