Christopher is not the patron saint of Basketball. There is no patron saint of basketball. However, St. Sebastian is the patron saint of athletics and athletes in general. St. Christopher is the patron saint of:
•against bad dreams
•against epilepsy
•against floods
•against hailstorms
•against lightning
•against pestilence
•against storms
•against sudden death
•against toothache
•archers
•automobile drivers
•automobilists
•bachelors
•Baden, Germany
•Barga, Italy
•boatmen
•bookbinders
•Brunswick, Germany
•bus drivers
•cab drivers
•epileptics
•fruit dealers
•Fubine, Italy
•fullers
•gardeners
•Havana, Cuba
•holy death
•lorry drivers
•mariners
•market carriers
•Mecklenburg, Germany
•motorists
•porters
•Rab, Croatia
•relief from pestilence
•sailors
•Saint Christopher's Island
•Saint Kitts
•taxi drivers
•Toses, Girona, Catalonia, Spain;
•transportation
•transportation workers
•travellers
•truck drivers
•truckers
•watermen
There is no official patron saint of basketball. However, St. Sebastian is the patron saint of all athletics and athletes.
I do not know why Christopher is liked by athletes since he is not the patron saint of athletes. St. Sebastian holds that position. Christopher is a figure of legend who may have never existed.
There is no patron saint of basketball. However, St. Sebastian is the patron saint of all athletics.
There is no patron saint of basketball, male or female. St. Sebastian is the patron saint of all athletics.
Christopher is not the patron saint of hockey. There are no patrons of individual sports. St. Sebastian is the patron saint of athletics and athletes in general. (as per Patron Saint Index)
There is no patron saint of roads but Saint Sebastian of Aparicio is the patron saint of road builders.
There is no patron saint of basketball - boy or girl. However, St. Sebastian is the patron saint of athletes and athletics of all kinds, including basketball. As per the Patron Saint Index.
Saint Christopher
The patron saint of transportation and transportation workers is St. Christopher.
Christopher is not the patron saint of motorcyclist, that responsibility falls on St. Columbanus, Our Lady of Grace and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal.
The Saint Christopher medal is often worn as a symbol of protection during travel. Saint Christopher is the patron saint of travelers in the Catholic tradition, believed to safeguard against accidents and danger while on a journey.
Saint Christopher.Formerly the patron saint of travelers.