The Contrada takes its name from the Church of Saint Cristofano, which starts from Tolomei Square on the left and turns towards the first Arch of the Rossi, and enters the street called square of the Erba from both sides of the houses up to Saint Pellegrino, where it turns left to the Codennacci alley, and enter the Ufiziali road, and return to the said Tolommei Square; for arms blue field with golden lion, and red rake from the head with three golden lilies.
Concistoro anno 1420: Sancti Cristofori: campus azurri cum leone croceo et cum liliis et rastrello a capite.
This district of Saint Cristofano was found to have represented a bear by car, as was the year 1516 in that famous hunting of bulls, described by Sigismondo Titio, and the year 1532 in another hunting done for Saint Marie of August, where machines from various distinct animals appeared over the defeated machines.