Clark B. Hinckley

“In a letter to the monarchs of Spain dated 7 July 1503, Columbus records hearing a divine voice declaring that “since thou wast born, ever has He [God] had thee in His watchful care” and that when he had reached an age which pleased God, “of the barriers of the Ocean Sea, which were closed with such mighty chains, He gave thee the key.”13”
― Clark B. Hinckley, Christopher Columbus: "A Man among the Gentiles"

“About five years later, in 1445, Domenico married Susanna Fontanarossa. Sometime in the late summer or early fall of 1451, probably in September or October, their son Christopher was born. St. Christopher’s day was celebrated on 25 July, and one biographer speculates that Columbus may have been born on or near that date.5 Whatever the reasons for the choice of the name, it proved to be prophetic.”
― Clark B. Hinckley, Christopher Columbus: "A Man among the Gentiles"