Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H)

Saint symbolism has been used from the very beginnings of the religion. ^[1] Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church. ^[2] A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or emblem, in order to identify them. The study of these forms part of iconography in art history. ^[3] They were particularly used so that the illiterate could recognize a scene, and to give each of the Saints something of a personality in art. ^[2] They are often carried in the hand by the Saint.

Attributes often vary with either time or geography, especially between Eastern Christianity and the West. Orthodox images more often contained inscriptions with the names of saints, so the Eastern repertoire of attributes is generally smaller than the Western. ^[c] Many of the most prominent saints, like Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist can also be recognised by a distinctive facial type. Some attributes are general, such as the martyr's palm. ^[4] The use of a symbol in a work of art depicting a Saint reminds people who is being shown and of their story. The following is a list of some of these attributes.

Saints listed by name

Main article: Saint symbolism

Saints (I–P)

Main article: Saint symbolism: Saints (I–P)

Saints (Q–Z)

Main article: Saint symbolism: Saints (Q–Z)

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  St. Agatha with her breasts on a plate
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  Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child, a book, and a white lily

Saint	Symbol
Abanoub	kneeling in prayer while angels bring wreaths of flowers [5]
Abdon and Sennen	in fur tunics [6]
Abercius of Hieropolis	crosier brought to him by an angel [6]
Abraham of Arbela	sword near him [d]
Abraham the Poor	an old hermit clothed in skins and sporting a blowing beard; in his cell with his niece Mary in an adjoining cell [7]
Abundius	bishop with a stag, raising a dead child to life [8]
Acathius of Melitene	crown of thorns [a]
Acisclus	with Saint Victoria, his sister, [9] crowned with roses
Accursius	Franciscan with a sword in his breast [d]
Adalard of Corbie	Bishop giving alms [d]
Adalbero of Würzburg	Holding a church in his hand [6]
Adalbert	spears, bishop clothes, book, paddle, Rarely even scales or Paladium of Bohemia [10]
Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon	Religious habit of the Marianist Sisters
Adjutor	throwing his chains into whirlpool [d]
Adolph Kolping	cassock with black zucchetto
Adrian of Batanea	lion by his side [d]
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia	in armor, holding a hammer and anvil [6]
Ælfheah of Canterbury	axe [a]
Aelred of Rievaulx	crozier of an abbot, holding a book
Aemilian of Cogolla	habit of a monk, on horseback
Æthelred and Æthelberht	in royal attire, sometimes with swords [11]
Æthelthryth	holding a model of Ely Cathedral
Afra	being burned at the stake [6]
Agatha of Sicily	tongs or shears, veil, bells, two breasts on a plate [a] [12]
Agathius	martyr's palm, soldier's attire with a bunch of thorns, in armor with standard and shield, with Theodore of Amasea
Agnello of Naples	Habit of a Basilian monk
Agnes of Montepulciano	Lily and a lamb [13]
Agnes of Rome	lamb [a] , martyr's palm, sword
Agostina Livia Pietrantoni	Religious habit of a Sister of Divine Charity
Agricola of Avignon	stork
Agrippina of Mineo	martyr's palm
Aichardus	Angel touching monks with a staff
Aidan of Lindisfarne	giving his horse to a poor man [d] [14]
Aignan of Orleans	praying on the top of the walls of Orléans
Aimée-Adèle Le Bouteiller	Religious habit of the Sisters of Marie Madeleine Postel
Aimone Taparelli	Dominican habit
Alban	tall cross and a sword [d]
Alban of Mainz	holding his own head in his hands [d]
Albert Chmielowski	priest's attire
Albert of Louvain	Cardinal seated with three swords on the ground before him [d]
Albert of Trapani	Carmelite habit, lily, book, devil, with Angelus of Jerusalem,
Alberto da Bergamo	Dominican habit, dove
Alberto Hurtado	Jesuit habit, an old green van
Albertus Magnus	Dominican habit, books and scrolls, writing with a quill
Alcide-Vital Lataste	Dominican habit
Aldebrandus	episcopal robes, holding a cathedral
Alexander of Bergamo	soldier, military standard, bearing white lily
Alexandra of Rome	crown
Alexius of Rome	man lying beneath a staircase [14]
Alexius, Metropolitan of Kiev	Vested wearing bishop's omophorion and patriarch's koukoulion. Sometimes holding a Gospel Book with his right hand raised in blessing
Alfie Lambe	rosary, vexillium legionis
Alfonsa Clerici	Religious habit of a Sister of the Most Precious Blood
Alfonso Maria Fusco	cassock
Alfred the Great	codex, crown, orb/scepter [a]
Alojs Andritzki	cassock
Alonso de Orozco Mena	Augustinian habit, crucifix
Aloysius Gonzaga	crucifix, lily [14]
Aloysius Schwartz	cassock, rosary
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception	rosary, bible in hands
Álvaro of Córdoba (Dominican)	Dominican habit
Alypius the Stylite	clothed in his monastic habit, standing atop a pillar
Amabilis of Riom	bishop listening to an angel playing music [15]
Amalberga of Maubeuge	holding an open book and with a crown on her head
Amalberga of Temse	sturgeon
Amandus	holding a church building [14]
Amaro	pilgrim's staff
Amato Ronconi	Franciscan habit, staff
Amator	bishop with axe and tree
Ambrose of Optina	clothed as a monk, sometimes holding a scroll
Ambrose	bees, beehive, dove, ox, pen [a]
Amphibalus	priest with cloak
Ana Julia Duque Heckner	Religious habit of the Little Sisters of the Annunciation, crucifix
Ana Monteagudo Ponce de Leon	Dominican habit
Ana Petra Pérez Florido	Religious habit
Anastasia of Sirmium	palm branch, cross, medicine pot
Anatolius of Constantinople	Vested as a bishop with omophorion, holding a Gospel Book
Andeolus	holding a book and palm of martyrdom, head pierced by a wooden knife
André Abellon	Dominican habit
Andrea Bertoni	Servite habit
Andrea Caccioli	Franciscan habit
Andrea dei Conti	Franciscan habit, purple stole
André-Hubert Fournet	priest's attire
Andrei Rublev	clothed as an Orthodox monk, often shown holding an icon
Andrés Hibernón Real	Franciscan habit
Andrés Manjón	priest's cassock
Andrew of Crete	as a bishop, holding a gospel book or scroll, with his right hand raised in blessing, with a full head of grey hair and a long, tapering grey beard
Andrew of Montereale	Augustinian habit, bible, stole
Andrew Stratelates	soldier holding a pilum
Andrew the Apostle	a saltire [16]
Andrew the Scot	curing a paralytic girl; sometimes shown appearing to a sleeping priest; Irish wolfhound
Andrew Zorard	walnuts, eagle, chain, axe, rocks
Andrey Bogolyubsky	clothed as a Russian Grand Prince, holding a three-bar cross in his right hand
Andronicus of Pannonia	laurel wreath as a symbol of martyrdom
Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus	Andronicus elderly, in the robes of a Roman citizen, with a spear, the companions with crosses or spears
Angadrisma	her face scarred by leprosy [17]
Angel of Portugal	Archangel carrying the Portuguese Shield
Ángela Ginard Martí	Religious habit, martyr's palm
Angela Merici	cloak, ladder
Angela of Foligno	Religious habit
Angelo Agostini Mazzinghi	flowers, wreath, rosary, crucifix, Carmelite habit
Angelo Carletti di Chivasso	Franciscan habit
Angelo da Foligno	Augustinian habit
Angelo da Furci	Augustinian habit, crucifix
Angelo Paoli	Carmelite habit
Angelus of Jerusalem	Carmelite habit, sword through chest, book, palm, three crowns, lilies, roses
Anna Kolesárová	Martyr's palm, Lily flower, Rosary
Anna Maria Adorni Botti	Religious habit, crucifix
Anna Maria Janer Anglarill	Religious habit
Anna Maria Rubatto	Religious habit
Anna Maria Taigi	sun, bright globe, Triniatrian scapular
Anne, grandmother of Jesus	door, book [a] , with the Virgin Mary reading, red robe and green mantle [18]
Anne Catherine Emmerich	bedridden with bandaged head and holding a crucifix
Anne de Guigné	lily flower, rosary
Anne of Saint Bartholomew	Religious habit
Anne-Marie Rivier	Religious habit
Annibale Maria di Francia	Religious habit of the Rogationist Fathers [19]
Annunciata Astoria Cocchetti	Religious habit of the Sisters of Saint Dorothy of Cemmo
Ansanus	holding a cluster of dates, a heart with IHS or liver, martyr's palm, being boiled in oil or beheaded; banner bearing the arms of Siena; [20] baptismal cup; fountain
Ansovinus	bishop with a barn near him; fruit and garden produce
Anthelm of Belley	holding a lamp lit by a divine hand
Anthony Baldinucci	with a miraculous Refugium Peccatorum image of the Virgin Mary
Anthony Mary Claret	bishop's robe, crozier, an open book, catechism, 2 students beside him at his side and having his bent arm pointing to the sky
Anthony of Kiev	Religious habit, abbot's paterissa
Anthony of Padua	Christ Child, bread, book, white lily [a]
Anthony the Great	bell, pig, T-shaped cross [a] ; [21] [22] Tau cross with bell pendant [23]
Anthony Zaccaria	cassock, lily, cross, chalice, Eucharist
Antiochus of Sulcis	martyr's palm
Antipas of Pergamum	martyr's palm
Antoine Chevrier	cassock, crucifix
Anton Maria Schwartz	cassock
Antonia Luzmila Rivas López	religious habit of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, martyr's palm
Antonia Maria Verna	religious habit of the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception,
Antonia Mesina	martyr's palm, lily, rosary
Maria Ludovica De Angelis	religious habit of the Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy
Antoninus of Sorrento	Benedictine habit, holding a standard and the city wall
Antonio da Stroncone	Habit of the Order of Friars Minor
Antonio della Chiesa	Dominican habit
Antonio Franco (blessed)	bishop's attire and insignia
Antonio Grassi	cassock, rosary
Antonio Maria Pucci	cassock
Antonio Patrizi	Augustinian habit
Antonio Pavoni	Dominican habit, martyr's palm
Antonio Pietro Cortinovis	Franciscan habit
Antonio Provolo	cassock
Anysia of Salonika	veil, cross
Aphrodisius	holding his own head
Apollinaris of Ravenna	sword
Apollonia	tongs (sometimes with a tooth in them), holding a cross or martyr's palm or crown
Aquilinus of Milan	sword through his neck
Arcadius of Mauretania	club in his hand, lighted taper or on a rack, limbs chopped off [24]
Arcangelo Tadini	book of hours, cassock
Archangela Girlani	Religious habit
Arialdo	deacon's vestments, holding the palm of martyrdom
Arnold of Arnoldsweiler	harp
Arnold of Soissons	bishop's attire, with a mash rake
Arnulf of Metz	rake in his hand
Asaph	as a bishop with the gospel, or a monk carrying hot coals
Arsenio da Trigolo	Franciscan habit
Artémides Zatti	Pharmacist's lab coat
Assunta Marchetti	Religious habit
Athanasios Parios	long white beard, vested as a priest, holding the gospel book.
Athanasius of Alexandria	bishop arguing with a pagan, bishop holding an open book, bishop standing over a defeated heretic [a]
Athenagoras of Athens	Athenagoras, the Athenian, Philosopher, and Christian (self-styled)
Auditus of Braga	episcopal vestments or as a hermit
Augusta of Treviso	sword, funeral pyre, wheel [25] in the act of her father killing her [26]
Augustine of Hippo	dove, child, shell, pen, book [a] , heart with a flame [27]
Aurea of Ostia	thrown into the sea with a millstone around her neck [28]
Austrebertha	Religious habit, wolf
Austregisilus	knight on horseback, sometimes with religious habit over his armor; with a man falling from a horse in front of him
Avvakum	cassock, holding the two-fingered sign of the cross
Awtel	monk's or hermit's habit

B

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  Saint Barbara with chalice and cannon
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  Saint Bernard of Clairvaux with the instruments of the Passion
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  Benedictine religious habit
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  Dominican religious habit
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  Passionist habit
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  Blandina with a martyr's crown

Saint	Symbol
Babylas of Antioch	bishop with three small boys [6]
Balthazar	bearded black magus offering a covered cup to the Infant Jesus [6]
Barachiel	a white rose [29]
Barbara	tower (often with three windows), chalice, ciborium, cannon [a]
Barbatus of Benevento	ordering a tree cut down [6]
Barnabas	pilgrim's staff, olive branch [a]
Basil of Ancyra	with a lioness at his side [6]
Basil of Caesarea	dove perched on his arm [14]
Baudolino	bishop preaching to geese, deer, and other animals [30]
Bavo of Ghent	sword, sceptre, hooded hawk [14]
Béchara Abou Mrad	prayer rope [ citation needed ]
Bede	a monk holding a pen [6]
Bega	bracelet[ citation needed ]
Belina (virgin)	sword[ citation needed ]
Benedetta Cambiagio Frassinello	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Benedict	broken cup, raven, bell, crosier, bush, a bound bundle of sticks [31]
Benedict XI	Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Benedict XIII	Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Benedict Biscop	bishop holding crosier in one hand and open book in the other [6]
Benedict Joseph Labre	beggar sharing alms with other poor [6]
Benedict Menni	Priest's cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Benvenuta Bojani	Dominican habit, rope[ citation needed ]
Bénézet	portrayed as a boy carrying a large stone on his shoulder[ citation needed ]
Beniamino Filon	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Benigna Cardoso da Silva	Martyr's palm, lily flower, rosary, book, pot jar, (occasionally) a knife[ citation needed ]
Benignus of Dijon	dog, key [6]
Benildus Romançon	Man of Sacrifice to God[ clarification needed ]
Benincasa da Montepulciano	Servite habit [ citation needed ]
Benno of Meissen	fish with keys in its mouth, book [a]
Berlinda of Meerbeke	nun's habit, with a cow and either a pruning hook or branch, sometimes portrayed with Saints Nona and Celsa [32]
Bernard Łubieński	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Bernard Mary of Jesus	Passionist habit [ citation needed ]
Bernard of Clairvaux	pen, bees, instruments of the Passion [a]
Bernard of Corleone	Franciscan habit
Bernard of Menthon	with the devil in chains at or under his feet [14]
Bernard of Offida	Franciscan habit, skull [ citation needed ]
Bernarda Heimgartner	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Bernardine of Feltre	Holding three green hills symbolic of monti di pietà [33]
Bernardino of Siena	tablet or sun inscribed with IHS, three mitres [a]
Bernardino Realino	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Bernardo Francisco de Hoyos de Seña	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Bernardo Scammacca	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Bernardo Tolomei	Benedictine habit[ citation needed ]
Bernardyna Maria Jabłońska	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Bernward of Hildesheim	Bishop vestments, small cross, hammer, chalice[ citation needed ]
Bertha of Artois	a nun kneeling before an altar with her daughter[ citation needed ]
Bertharius of Monte Cassino	palm of martyrdom [34]
Berthold of Garsten	in a monk's habit with a fish. [35]
Bessus	an ostrich feather [36]
Beuno	Monastic habit, insignia of an abbot[ citation needed ]
Bibiana	bound to a pillar; dagger and palm [6]
Billfrith	Goldsmith[ citation needed ]
Blaise	two crossed and lit candles, iron comb [a]
Blandina	bull, tied to a pillar with a lion and bear near her [37]
Blessed Martyrs of Drina	Dove, Martyr's palm, Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Bogumilus	Bishop holding a fish[ citation needed ]
Boisil	Abbot[ citation needed ]
Bolesława Lament	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Bonaventura Tornielli	Servite habit, Banner, Cross[ citation needed ]
Bonaventure	communion, ciborium, cardinal's hat [a]
Boniface	oak, axe, book, fox, scourge, fountain, raven, sword [a]
Boniface of Tarsus	in a cauldron of boiling oil [6]
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro	Co-foundress of the Servants of St. Joseph [ citation needed ]
Bononio	monastic habit, insignia of an abbot[ citation needed ]
Boris and Gleb	garments of a prince, holding swords or spears, or the cross of martyrs [ citation needed ]
Brendan the Navigator	whale; priest celebrating Mass on board a ship while fish gather to listen; one of a group of monks in a small boat [a]
Bridget of Sweden	book, pilgrim's staff, habit of the Bridgettines [a]
Brigid of Kildare	cow, crosier, Brigid's cross [a]
Brigida Morello Zancano	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], crucifix [ citation needed ]
Bronisław Markiewicz	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Bruna Pellesi	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Bruno Marchesini	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Bruno of Cologne	seated with mitre and crosier at his feet, an olive branch in his hand [6]
Brynach	Monk or abbot with cuckoo and/or the Nevern Cross [ citation needed ]
Bystrík	sword, boat, episcopal attributes[ citation needed ]

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  The college shield of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, prominently depicting a Catherine wheel.
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  Corbinian Icon of Saint Corbinian and the bear
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  Saint Clare of Assisi holding a ciborium

Saint	Symbol
Cadoc	Bishop throwing a spear, crown at feet, sometimes accompanied by a stag, a pig or a mouse[ citation needed ]
Cajetan	Priest's cassock [b]
Camillus de Lellis	ministering to the sick [14]
Candidus	Military attire[ citation needed ]
Cantius, Cantianus, and Cantianilla	Cantius and Cantianus are depicted as two youths; Cantianilla as a girl; Protus as a tutor with a staff and faggot; sword; the group fleeing in a chariot; beheaded before an idol; palms and sword; Protus is sometimes depicted as a bishop[ citation needed ]
Canute Lavard	knight with a wreath, lance, and ciborium[ citation needed ]
Caradoc	in chain mail, church in one hand, spear in the other [14]
Caraunus	Priest carrying his head [14]
Carmen Salles y Barangueras	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Carolina Santocanale	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius	Military attire[ citation needed ]
Casilda of Toledo	Roses in her basket or dress [14]
Castulus	spade[ citation needed ]
Casimir of Poland and Lithuania	royal attire of crown and red robe lined with ermine, white lily, cross, rosary; sometimes two right hands [a]
Caterina Dominici	Nun's habit, Book, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Caterina Moriggi	crucifix, rosary, Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Caterina Sordini	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], Heart, With the Blessed Sacrament [ citation needed ]
Caterina Volpicelli	Rosary [ citation needed ]
Catherine Aurelia Caouette	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Catherine Labouré	Daughters of Charity habit, Miraculous Medal [ citation needed ]
Catherine of Alexandria	breaking wheel; sword; with a crown at her feet; hailstones; bridal veil and ring; dove; surrounded by angels, scourge; book; woman arguing with pagan philosophers [38] [a]
Catherine of Bologna	carrying the Infant Jesus [14]
Catherine of Genoa	Widow [ citation needed ]
Catherine of Palma	habit and rochet as used by Augustinian Canonesses[ citation needed ]
Catherine of Racconigi	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Catherine of Ricci	ring, crown, crucifix [a]
Catherine of Siena	stigmata, cross, ring, lily, habit of the Dominican order [a]
Catherine of Vadstena	A hind at her side[ citation needed ]
Cecilia	organ or other musical instrument, martyr's palm, roses, sword [a]
Cecília Schelingová	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Celine Borzecka	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Cerbonius	geese, bear licking his feet [39] [a]
Charalambos	Vested as either a priest or bishop, holding a Gospel Book, with right hand raised in blessing.[ citation needed ]
Charbel Makhlouf	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], prayer rope[ citation needed ]
Charles Borromeo	cardinal's robes, the Eucharist [a]
Charles de Foucauld	White religious habit[ clarification needed ] with a heart, crowned with a cross[ citation needed ]
Charles I of Austria	Imperial attire, Medals[ citation needed ]
Charles of Mount Argus	Passionist habit, Crucifix, Breviary, Biretta[ citation needed ]
Charles of Sezze	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Charles Steeb	Medal, Book, Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Christopher	giant crudely dressed, torrent, tree, branch or large staff, carrying the Christ Child on shoulder [a]
Chiaffredo	military attire; sword; standard of red Mauritian cross on white field; elm tree; horse[ citation needed ]
Chiara Corbella Petrillo	Wedding gown, Tau cross, Rosary [ citation needed ]
Chiara Gambacorti	Dominican habit, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala	Palm, Cross [ citation needed ]
Christina of Bolsena	pierced by three arrows [14]
Christina of Persia	Martyr's palm, Cross[ citation needed ]
Christina von Stommeln	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Christopher	tree, branch, as a giant or ogre, carrying the Christ child, spear, shield, as a dog-headed man[ citation needed ]
Chrysanthus and Daria	Crosses[ citation needed ]
Chrysogonus	Bearded young man dressed as a Roman military officer[ citation needed ]
Chrysostomos of Smyrna	Episcopal vestments, usually holding a staff or a Gospel.
Clara Fey	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Clare of Assisi	monstrance or ciborium, habit of the Poor Clares [a] , crozier of an abbess
Clare of Montefalco	cross [a]
Claudine Thévenet	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Claudio Granzotto	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Clelia Merloni	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Clement of Ohrid	Glagolitic alphabet, Cyrillic script [ citation needed ]
Clemente da Osimo	Augustinian habit[ citation needed ]
Clemente Marchisio	Sun, Stole, Cassock[ citation needed ]
Clement	anchor, fish, [a] Mariner's Cross [b]
Clodoald	A Benedictine abbot giving his hood to a poor man as a halo emanates from his head; with royal insignia at his feet, or instructing the poor [ citation needed ]
Clotilde Micheli	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Clotilde of France	Crown, Rosary, Imperial attire[ citation needed ]
Clotilde	as a praying queen and as a nun, with a crown on her head or beside her. [40]
Clovis I	suit-of-armour; upright sword; fleur-de-lis ; three frogs (his attributed arms)[ citation needed ]
Coloman of Stockerau	pilgrim monk with a rope in his hand, being hanged on a gibbet, tongs and rod, with a book and maniple.[ citation needed ]
Colomba Gabriel	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Columba of Cornwall	Female carrying a palm branch and a sword, a dove hovering above[ citation needed ]
Columba of Rieti	Dominican tertiary receiving the Eucharist from a hand reaching down from heaven; Dominican tertiary with a dove, lily, and book, or a wreath of roses, cross, lily, and a rosary [ citation needed ]
Columba of Sens	she-bear, crowned maiden in chains, with a dog or bear on a chain, holding a book and a peacock's feather, with an angel on a funeral pyre, or beheaded[ citation needed ]
Columba	Monk's robes, Celtic tonsure and crosier [ citation needed ]
Conrad of Constance	represented as a bishop holding a chalice with a spider in it or over it.[ citation needed ]
Constantin Brâncoveanu	with other Wallachian saints, all of them wearing golden cloaks[ citation needed ]
Constantine IV	Imperial attire[ citation needed ]
Constantine of Murom	Clothed as Grand Prince, holding a three-bar cross in his right hand[ citation needed ]
Constantius (Theban Legion)	soldier's attire, bearing a banner with the Mauritian Cross and the palm of martyrdom; spade[ citation needed ]
Constantius of Perugia	episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Contardo of Este	clothed as a pilgrim heading to Santiago of Compostella, sometimes with a scepter and crown at his feet.[ citation needed ]
Corbinian	Bear; bishop making a bear carry his luggage because it has eaten his mule; bishop with a bear and mule in the background; bishop with Duke Grimoald at his feet, [41] bear with a packsaddle [42]
Corentin of Quimper	fish; episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Cornelius the Centurion	Roman military garb[ citation needed ]
Cosma Spessotto	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Cosmas of Maiuma	Vested as a bishop, or as a monk, holding a scroll with the words of one of his hymns[ citation needed ]
Cosmas and Damian	beheaded,[ citation needed ], or with medical emblems (phials, box of ointment [a] )
Costanza Starace	Nun's habit, Heart [ citation needed ]
Crescentinus	Military attire, slaying a dragon[ citation needed ]
Saints Crispin and Crispinian	holding shoes, millstones [a]
Crispin of Viterbo	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara	Cassock, sacerdotal vestments, Bible, rosary, and palm of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Cucuphas	being beheaded or having his throat cut[ citation needed ]
Cunigunde of Luxembourg	An empress in imperial robes, sometimes holding a church.[ citation needed ]
Cuthbert	Bishop holding a second crowned head in his hands; sometimes accompanied by seabirds and animals[ citation needed ]
Cuthmann of Steyning	wheelbarrow [ citation needed ]
Cyriacus	deacon's vestments, book of exorcism, with Artemia[ citation needed ]
Cyricus and Julitta	as a naked child riding on a wild boar[ citation needed ]
Cyril and Methodius	bishops' vestments, holding a church model, holding an icon of the Last Judgment. [43] Often, Cyril is depicted wearing a monastic habit and Methodius vested as a bishop with omophorion.
Cyril Lucaris	Eastern episcopal vestments, holding a Gospel Book or a crosier, big white beard[ citation needed ]
Cyril of Constantinople	Carmelite habit [ citation needed ]
Cyrus and John	monastic habit, John is wearing court robes, holding martyrs' crosses or medicine boxes and medicine spoons which terminate in crosses[ citation needed ]

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  Daniel in the lions' den
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  Saint Dominic with dog and torch
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  the martyrdom of Saint Denis

Article title	Attributes
Dagobert II	King with a nail in his hand [44]
Daniel	Often in the lions' den [a]
Daniel of Padua	deacon's vestments, holding a towel and laver [45]
Dathus	Dove [46]
David	Psalms, Harp, Head of Goliath [ citation needed ]
David/Dewi	Bishop with a dove, [a] usually on his shoulder, sometimes standing, on a raised hillock [14]
David of Scotland	king with sword or sceptre [a]
David of Munktorp	Abbot's staff, book, biretta[ citation needed ]
Defendens	military attire[ citation needed ]
Deicolus	as a hermit, a wild boar hunted by King Clothaire takes refuge at his feet[ citation needed ]
Demetrius of Sirmium	deacon's vestments, martyr's palm, crucifix, with a scorpion next to him
Demetrius of Thessaloniki	armour of a Roman soldier, spear, seated on a red horse [a]
Demiana	garments of a Christian virgin, martyr's palm, cross, with 40 other virgins[ citation needed ]
Denis of the Nativity	Discalced Carmelite habit[ citation needed ]
Denis of Paris	Christian Martyrdom, carrying his severed head in his hands; a bishop's mitre; city [47]
Denise, Dativa, Leontia, Tertius, Emilianus, Boniface, Majoricus, and Servus	Martyr's palm, Crown of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Deodatus of Nevers	with hand stretching to thunder clouds or exorcising a woman [48]
Devasahayam Pillai	Tied up in chains Praying on knees before execution[ citation needed ]
Devota	crown of roses, dove, boat, coat-of-arms of the Principality of Monaco; dead maiden in a boat on the sea with a dove flying ahead of it[ citation needed ]
Didacus of Alcalá	tunic full of roses [14]
Dimitry of Rostov	Vested as a bishop, right hand raised in blessing[ citation needed ]
Dina Bosatta	Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Dionysius the Areopagite	Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book [ citation needed ]
Dmitry Donskoy	sword and helmet [ citation needed ]
Dom Justo Takayama	Sword|Crucifix, Samurai robes, Martyr's palm [ citation needed ]
Domenico Lentini	Crucifix, Book of Hours, Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Domenico Mazzarella	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Domenico Spadafora	Dominican habit[ citation needed ]
Domingo Iturrate Zubero	Trinitarian habit [ citation needed ]
Dominic	rosary, [a] lily in his hand, star over his head [14]
Dominic Barberi	Passionist Habit and Sign[ citation needed ]
Dominic de la Calzada	hen and rooster, habit of a hermit, prayer beads, shepherd's crook [b] [49]
Dominic Loricatus	his coat of mail lying on the ground [14]
Dominic of Silos	abbot surrounded by the Seven Virtues; mitred abbot enthroned with a book, a veil tied to his crozier, as proper to an abbot[ citation needed ]
Domitian of Carantania	with: sword, crown, idol in hands[ citation needed ]
Domnius	bishop holding the city of Split or the Cathedral of Saint Domnius [ citation needed ]
Domninus of Fidenza	dog, cup, martyr's palm; soldier's attire[ citation needed ]
Donatus of Arezzo	episcopal dress, chalice, sword, fighting a dragon[ citation needed ]
Donatus of Fiesole	bishop's attire with an Irish wolfhound at his feet, pointing out a church to his deacon Andrew the Scot [ citation needed ]
Donatus of Muenstereifel	Roman armor; lightning bolt; martyr's palm; grapevine[ citation needed ]
Donizetti Tavares de Lima	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Đorđe Bogić	Vested as a protopresbyter [ citation needed ]
Doroteo Hernández Vera	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Dorothea of Caesarea	basket with flowers or fruits [50]
Dorotheus of Tyre	traditionally credited with an Acts of the Seventy Apostles [ citation needed ]
Drogo	Benedictine with sheep, shepherd[ citation needed ]
Dubricius	holding two crosiers and an archiepiscopal cross [51]
Duns Scotus	Books, a vision of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the moon on the chest of a Franciscan friar[ citation needed ]
Dunstan	hammer, tongs [a]
Dymphna	crown, sword, lily, lamp, princess with a fettered devil at her feet [a]

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  Emilian of Cogolla in the Battle of Simancas
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  Elisabeth of Portugal in the habit of the Third order of Saint Francis, raising a cross and holding a bunch of roses in her scapular. Two crowns, a sceptre, and a coat of arms are beneath her feet.
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  Erasmus holding a windlass

Saint	Symbol
Eanswith	crown, staff, book and sometimes a fish[ citation needed ]
Earconwald	bishop travelling in a chariot [a]
Edmund Campion	Knife in chest, noose around neck[ citation needed ]
Edmund Ignatius Rice	Irish Christian Brothers' Black Habit[ citation needed ]
Edmund the Martyr	quiver of arrows [a]
Edward the Confessor	king crowned with a nimbus and holding a sceptre [a]
Egwin of Evesham	bishop holding a fish and a key [52]
Elena Guerra	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Elena Spirgevičiūtė	Martyr's palm, Lily flower, Rosary[ citation needed ]
Elena Valentinis	Augustinian habit[ citation needed ]
Eleutherius and Antia	Martyr's palm [ citation needed ]
Eligius	bishop portrayed with a crosier in his right hand, on the open palm of his left a miniature church of chased gold; with a hammer, anvil, and horseshoe; or with a horse [a]
Elijah	habit and mantle of the Carmelites, cave, scroll, chariot of fire [a]
Eliphius	Bishop's attire, with his head in his hands[ citation needed ]
Elisa Angela Meneguzzi	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Élisabeth Bruyère	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Élisabeth Eppinger	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Élisabeth Leseur	Rosary [ citation needed ]
Elisabetta Maria Satellico	Poor Clare habit[ citation needed ]
Elisabetta Picenardi	Servite habit, Lilies[ citation needed ]
Elisabetta Sanna	Rosary[ citation needed ]
Elisabetta Vendramini	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Eliswa Vakayil	Carmelite habit, hands folded in prayer[ citation needed ]
Elisabeth of Hungary	alms, flowers, bread, poor people, pitcher [a]
Elisabeth of Portugal	crowns, roses, habit of a Third order Franciscan sister, crucifix [a]
Elizabeth of the Trinity	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Elpidius the Cappadocian	vine in leaf in winter [14]
Elvira Moragas Cantarero	Discalced Carmelite habit, Crucifix, Palm, Mortar and pestle[ citation needed ]
Elzéar of Sabran	knotted cord and lily; coronet at his feet [14]
Emerentiana	young woman with stones in her lap and lilies in her hand; young lady being stoned to death[ citation needed ]
Emeric	Boar, Lily Stem, Sword [10]
Emeterius and Celedonius	soldier's attire[ citation needed ]
Emil Kapaun	Chaplain cross, combat boots, Mass vestments Rosary[ citation needed ]
Emil Szramek	martyr's palm, rosary[ citation needed ]
Emilia Bicchieri	Dominican habit[ citation needed ]
Émilie de Villeneuve	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Émilie d'Oultremont	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Emilianus	riding into battle in the robe of a hermit [a]
Eurythimia Üffing (blessed)	Religious habit of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin and Our Lady of Sorrows
Emmelia of Caesarea	Mother of Saints[ citation needed ]
Emmeram of Regensburg	a ladder [14]
Emygdius	episcopal robes; palm; supporting a crumbling wall or building[ citation needed ]
Engelbert II of Berg	a crosier in one hand, with an upraised sword, in the other, piercing a crescent moon[ citation needed ]
Engelmar Unzeitig	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Engelmund of Velsen	a pilgrim abbot with a fountain springing under his staff. [53]
Engratia	martyr's palm, crown; noble attire being flagellated[ citation needed ]
Enrichetta Alfieri	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Enrico Rebuschini	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Enrique de Ossó i Cervelló	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Enzo Boschetti	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Epaphras	Christian Martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Epiphanius of Salamis	Vested as a bishop in omophorion, sometimes holding a scroll[ citation needed ]
Ephrem the Syriac	Vine and scroll, deacon's vestments and thurible; with Saint Basil the Great; composing hymns with a lyre [ citation needed ]
Equitius	holds the model of a monastery[ citation needed ]
Erasmus of Formia	represented with his entrails wound on a windlass, or as a vested bishop holding a winch or windlass [54] [55] [a]
Eric of Sweden	king being martyred at Mass [a]
Escrava Anastacia	African woman, blue eyes, facemask[ citation needed ]
Eskil	episcopal attire; three stones[ citation needed ]
Etchen	farming[ citation needed ]
Eugenia Maria Ravasco	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Eugénie Joubert	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Eugenio Reffo	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Eulalia of Barcelona	X-shaped cross [56]
Eulalia of Mérida	cross, stake, and dove [ citation needed ]
Euphemia	Clothed as a pious woman with her head covered, surrounded by one or a few lions, often holding a wheel or a cross[ citation needed ]
Euphrasia Eluvathingal	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Euphrasius of Illiturgis	episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Eusebia Palomino Yenes	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Eusebius of Esztergom	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Eustace	hunting clothes, shining cross or crucifix between the antlers of a stag, bull, horn, oven [a]
Eustochia Smeralda Calafato	Poor Clare nun holding a cross[ citation needed ]
Evasius	Crozier and Mitre [ citation needed ]
Expeditus	attire of a Roman centurion, martyr's palm, raising a cross with the word hodie ("today") on it in his right hand, with his left foot stepping on a crow, which is speaking the word cras ("tomorrow"). [57]
Exuperantius of Cingoli	banner, book[ citation needed ]
Exuperius (Theban Legion)	military attire[ citation needed ]

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  Crab with crucifix as an attribute of Saint Francis Xavier
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  Cross of Saint Florian

Saint	Symbol
Faith	cross, gridiron, rods, sword [a] [58]
Faustinus and Jovita	an angel saving them from drowning [14]
Febronia of Nisibis	martyr's palm and the shears used to cut off her breasts [59]
Felician of Foligno	old bishop with holes bored through his feet and hands [14]
Felicitas of Rome	sword and seven sons [14]
Felix of Burgundy	anchor [a]
Felix of Cantalice	Capuchin holding the Baby Jesus [60]
Felix of Valois	white stag with cross between its horns [14]
Fiacre	spade, basket of vegetables [a] [61]
Fidelis of Como	Military attire[ citation needed ]
Fidelis of Sigmaringen	sword; palm of martyrdom; heretics; the Morning Star; trampling on the word "heresy"; with a club set with spikes; with a whirlbat; with an angel carrying a palm of martyrdom; with Saint Joseph of Leonessa [ citation needed ]
Filippo Rinaldi	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Filippo Smaldone	cassock[ citation needed ]
Fina	violets [62]
Fiorina Cecchin	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Firmina	martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Florian	Cross of Saint Florian; Armour of a Roman soldier; pitcher of water; pouring water over fire [63]
Florinus of Remüs	bottle, glass of wine [a] [64]
Foillan	Represented with a crown at his feet to show that he despised the honors of the world[ citation needed ]
Fortunatus of Casei	Military attire, bishop's vestments[ citation needed ]
Fourteen Holy Helpers	Saints Acacius, Barbara, Blaise, Christopher, Cyriacus, Catherine of Alexandria, Denis, Erasmus of Formiae, Eustace, George, Giles, Margaret of Antioch, Pantaleon, and Vitus, shown as a group. [b]
Francesco Convertini	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francesco Gattola	Priest's cassock Zucchetto [ citation needed ]
Francesco Lippi	Carmelite habit, Rosary, Ball and Chain[ citation needed ]
Francesco Maria da Camporosso	Capuchin habit [ citation needed ]
Francesco Maria di Francia	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francesco Maria Greco	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Francesco Marinoni	Priest's cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ], Theatine habit
Francesco Mottola	Priest's cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Francesco Paleari	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francesco Pianzola	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francesco Spinelli	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francesco Zirano	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Francinaina Cirer Carbonell	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Francis Borgia	Skull crowned with an emperor's diadem[ citation needed ]
Francis de Sales	Heart of Jesus, Crown of Thorns [ citation needed ]
Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francis of Assisi	habit of the Franciscans, wolf, birds, fish, skull, stigmata [a]
Francis of Fabriano	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Francis Regis Clet	Priest's cassock Crucifix Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Francis Solanus	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Francis Xavier	crucifix, bell, vessel, crab with a crucifix [a]
Francisco Blanco (martyr)	Franciscan habit, crossed spears[ citation needed ]
Francisco Coll Guitart	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Francisco de Paula Victor	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Francisco Gárate Aranguren	Rosary [ citation needed ]
Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas	Dominican habit[ citation needed ]
Franciszka Siedliska	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Françoise d'Amboise	Carmelite habit, Crucifix, Crown[ citation needed ]
François-Léon Clergue	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Frank Duff	Rosary, Vexillium Legionis [ citation needed ]
Franz Alexander Kern	Premonstratensian habit[ citation needed ]
Fridianus	rake, hoe[ citation needed ]
Frithuswith	pastoral staff; a fountain; the ox[ citation needed ]
Fructuosus of Braga	Monk with a stag[ citation needed ]
Fulton J. Sheen	Ferraiolo, zucchetto, bishop's cassock [ citation needed ]
Fursey	with two oxen at his feet, beholding a vision of angels, gazing at the flames of purgatory and hell[ citation needed ]
Fyodor Ushakov	Admiral attire, telescope, scroll, medals[ citation needed ]

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  Saint George and the Dragon
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  White lily as an attribute of Saint Gabriel the Archangel
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  Saint Genesius with theatrical mask
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  Strangulation of Godelieve
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  Redemptorist habit
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  Cross portate

Saint	Symbol
Gabriel	Archangel; [65] Clothed in blue or white garments, carrying a white lily, [66] a trumpet, a shining lantern, a branch from Paradise, a scroll, [66] and a scepter [66] scroll stating "Ave Maria Gratia Plena" [a]
Gall	Portrayed as an abbot blessing a bear that brings him a log of wood; may be shown holding a hermit's tau staff with the bear or carrying a loaf and a pilgrim's staff. [67]
Gallicanus	hanging his armor on a cross [6]
Gangulphus	Pictured as a Burgundian knight with a fountain springing under his sword. He holds a shield with a cross. He may also hold the spear with which he was murdered [6]
Gauchito Gil	Gaucho standing in front of a red cross, holding a bola or a red cross, red bandana, blue poncho, Prosopis caldenia [ citation needed ]
Gaudentius of Novara	Bishop holding a model of a church [6]
Gaugericus	bishop, mitre on head, without his crosier, right hand lifted in a gesture of benediction and left folded upon his breast.[ citation needed ]
Gebhard of Constance	bishop giving his staff to a lame man [6]
Geltrude Comensoli	holding a Monstrance, Genuflecting or Kneeling to the Blessed Sacrament [ citation needed ]
Geminianus	a bishop holding a model of the town of Modena [6]
Gemma Galgani	Passionist robe, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata, heavenward gaze, passionist sign[ citation needed ]
Genesius of Arles	a secretary throwing down his tablets [6]
Genesius	theatre mask [a]
Genevieve	lit candle, bread, keys, herd, cattle [a]
Gennaro Maria Sarnelli	Priest's cassock, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Genoveva Torres Morales	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], Scapular [ citation needed ]
George	Clothed as a crusader in plate armour or mail, often bearing a lance tipped by a cross, riding a white horse, often slaying a dragon. In the Greek East and Latin West he is shown with St George's Cross emblazoned on his armour, or shield or banner. [a]
George Preca	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Georgia of Clermont	a flock of doves accompanying her corpse [6]
Gerard Majella	Young man in a Redemptorist habit, skull[ citation needed ]
Gerard of Csanád	Bishop being killed by a spear [a]
Gerard of Villamagna	Franciscan habit, Habit of the Order of St. John, Maltese cross, staff, rosary, cherries[ citation needed ]
Gerardo Cagnoli	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Gerardo dei Tintori	Stick with cherries, bowl with spoon[ citation needed ]
Gerebern	Palm and lance[ citation needed ]
Gereon	attire of a knight or Roman legionary[ citation needed ]
Gerhard Hirschfelder	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Gerlach	garments of a hermit, praying near his hermitage in a tree, with a donkey near him, thorn in his foot[ citation needed ]
Gertrude of Nivelles	A nun with a crosier and rats (now sometimes cats)[ citation needed ]
Gertrude Prosperi	Benedictine habit, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Gertrude the Great	crown, lily, taper[ citation needed ]
Gervasius and Protasius	the scourge, the club and the sword [68] [b]
Ghébrē-Michael	Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Ghislain	represented with a bear or bear's cub beside him, sometimes portrayed holding a church [69]
Giacomo Bianconi	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Giacomo Cusmano	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Gilbert Nicolas	Franciscan habit, staff, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Gilbert of Sempringham	cross portate [70]
Gildas	Monk holding a Celtic bell or writing in a book[ citation needed ]
Giles	arrow, crosier, hermitage, hind [a]
Ginepro Cocchi	Capuchin habit [ citation needed ]
Gioacchino La Lomia	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Giocondo Pio Lorgna	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Giovanna da Orvieto	Dominican habit, Flowers [ citation needed ]
Giovanna Francesca Michelotti	Nun's habit, Heart [ citation needed ]
Giovanna Maria Bonomo	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Giovanna Scopelli	Carmelite habit [ citation needed ]
Giovannangelo Porro	Servite habit [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Battista de' Rossi	Priest's attire, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi	Cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Battista Piamarta	Rosary, Christogram, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Battista Quilici	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Calabria	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Giovanni da Penna	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Fornasini	Priest's cassock, Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Liccio	Dominican habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Maria Boccardo	Priest's cassock, Stole [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Merlini	Priest's habit [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Pelingotto	Franciscan habit, staff, rosary [ citation needed ]
Giovanni Schiavo	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Giovannina Franchi	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Giuditta Vannini	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Giulia Crostarosa	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], Pendant of Jesus[ citation needed ]
Giulia della Rena	Augustinian habit, Flowers [ citation needed ]
Giulia Salzano	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], heart[ citation needed ]
Giulia Valle	Religious habit[ clarification needed ], Crucifix, Rosary [ citation needed ]
Giuliana Puricelli	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Giuseppa Scandola	Religious habit of the Comboni Missionary Sisters[ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Allamano	cassock[ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Baldo (priest)	cassock[ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Beschin	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Castagnetti	Sandals, sash[ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Giaccardo	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Girotti	Dominican habit[ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Marchetti	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Marcinò	Capuchin habit, Rosary, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Moscati	White coat, stethoscope, cross[ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Nascimbeni	Cassock, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Giuseppe Oddi	Capuchin habit [ citation needed ]
Giuseppina Catanea	Discalced Carmelite habit[ citation needed ]
Giuseppina Gabriella Bonino	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Giuseppina Nicoli	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Giustino Russolillo	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Goar of Aquitaine	Hermit being given milk by three hinds; holding a pitcher; with the devil on his shoulder or under his feet; holding the church of Saint Goar am Rhein; hanging his hat on a sunbeam [71]
Godelieve	crown, well, being strangled [72] [b]
Godric of Finchale	Hermit [ citation needed ]
Gomidas Keumurdjian	Martyr's palm, Priest attire, book[ citation needed ]
Gondulph of Maastricht	with Monulph, both holding miniature churches[ citation needed ]
Gotthard of Hildesheim	dragon; model of a church [73]
Govan	Celtic Rite [ citation needed ]
Gratus of Aosta	episcopal garb; head of Saint John the Baptist; bunch of grapes; bishop with lightning flashing near him[ citation needed ]
Gregorio Celli	Augustinian habit, Franciscan habit, crucifix, iron ring around the waist[ citation needed ]
Gregory the Great	papal tiara, crosier, dove (often portrayed at his ear) [a]
Gregory of Nazianzus	balding with a bushy white beard, bishop's vestments, wearing an omophorion; holding a Gospel Book or scroll[ citation needed ]
Gregory Palamas	long, tapering dark beard, bishop's vestments, holding a Gospel Book or scroll, right hand raised in benediction[ citation needed ]
Gregory Thaumaturgus	bishop's vestments, driving demons out of a temple, presenting a bishop's mitre to Saint Alexander the Charcoal Burner [ citation needed ]
Grimoaldo of the Purification	Passionist habit [ citation needed ]
Gudula	lantern, which the devil tries to blow it out[ citation needed ]
Gundisalvus of Amarante	Dominican habit, Holding a ball, Light shining on him[ citation needed ]
Guy of Anderlecht	A peasant praying with an angel plowing a nearby field; a pilgrim with a book or with a hat, staff, rosary, and an ox at his feet[ citation needed ]
Guy Pierre de Fontgalland	Rosary [ citation needed ]
Gwynllyw	crowned warrior, carrying spear sometimes accompanied by an ox[ citation needed ]

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  Honoratus of Amiens with a baker's peel
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  Saint Hugh of Lincoln with his attributes, among them the swan
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  Saint Hilda holding a model of Whitby Abbey

Saint	Symbol
Habakkuk	a bowl of bread and potage (Daniel 14:33-49) [b] [74]
Hedwig of Silesia	holding a church or a pair of shoes in her hands [6]
Helena	wearing a royal crown while supporting a cross [a]
Helladius of Toledo	carrying straw or firewood to an oven [6]
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor	armor and mantle, sceptre and sword [6]
Hermagoras of Aquileia	bishop's vestments [b]
Hermann Joseph	kneeling before a statue of the Virgin and Child and offering an apple [a]
Hermenegild	axe, crown, sword, and cross [b] [75]
Hermínio Pinzetta	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Hermógenes López Coarchita	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Hermogius	Benedictine habit [ citation needed ]
Hervé	Blind abbot being led by a wolf [a]
Hilary of Poitiers	episcopal vestments, crozier, beard, usually white and often long [b] [76]
Hilda of Whitby	with a pastoral staff and carrying an abbey church. [77]
Hildegard of Bingen	habit of a Benedictine nun, crozier, with flames above her head, writing in her Liber Scivias, sitting in a hermitage [b]
Hiltrude of Liessies	lamp, candle[ citation needed ]
Himelin	pilgrim's attire, with a staff, or ill in bed[ citation needed ]
Himerius of Bosto	pilgrim's cloak and staff, being stabbed[ citation needed ]
Hippolytus of Rome	papal tiara [a]
Hippolytus the soldier	military garb, horse's harness [a]
Homobonus	Bag of money, merchant's robes[ citation needed ]
Honorat Koźmiński	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Honoratus	represented as a bishop over the island of Lérins with a phoenix below, or drawing water from a rock with his mitre near him [78]
Honoratus of Amiens	baker's peel or shovel; bishop with a large Host; bishop with three Hosts on a baker's shovel; loaves [a]
Honorina	palm of martyrdom[ citation needed ]
Hospitius	in the garb of a hermit or monk[ citation needed ]
Hosea	bearded, raising his hand in benediction, holding a scroll with the words "Ex Egipto vocavi filium meum"
Hripsime	Martyr's palm, crown, cross[ citation needed ]
Hubertus	knight with a banner showing the stag's head and crucifix; stag; stag with a crucifix over its head; young courtier with two hounds[ citation needed ]
Hugh of Châteauneuf	wearing a cowl over his episcopal vestments [79]
Hugh of Lincoln	episcopal vestments, crozier, swan [a]
Humbert of Maroilles	A star on his forehead; a bear carrying Humbert's baggage; with an angel making a cross on Humbert's brow; with an angel showing Humbert the Cross [80]
Humility	habit of the Vallombrosians [a]
Hunegund of France	Sometimes represented kneeling at the feet of the pope [ citation needed ]
Hyacinth of Poland	Holding a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary along with a monstrance or ciborium [81] [b]
Hyacintha Mariscotti	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]

See also

• Christian symbolism
• Arma Christi
• Animals in Christian art
• Plants in Christian iconography

Notes

1. "List of saints". Catholic Online. Your Catholic Voice Foundation.
2. Stracke, Richard (October 20, 2015). "Iconography". Christian Iconography.
3. Rabenstein, Katherine (April 1999). "Saint of the Day Master Index". St. Patrick Catholic Church. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018.
4. Husenbeth, Frederick Charles (1860). Emblems of Saints: By which They are Distinguished in Works of Art. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.

References

1.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Symbolism". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2. Mayernik, David T. (2018). "A Vast, Immeasurable Sanctuary: Iconography for Churches". Sacred Architecture Journal. 5: 22.
3. "Eastern Orthodox and Catholic teaching about Icons".
4. Hassett, M. (1911). "Palm in Christian Symbolism". The Catholic Encyclopedia.
5. St. Abanoub – martyred on the 24th Day of Abib
6. Drake, Maurice and Drake, Wilfred. Saints and their Emblems, London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1916
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External links

• "Christian Iconography". Augusta State University. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014.
• "Hagiographies, hymnography, and icons for many Orthodox saints". Orthodox Church in America.
• "Saints' Badges or Shields".