Saint symbolism: Saints (I–P)

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 (A–H)

Main article: Saint symbolism: Saints (A–H)

Saints (Q–Z)

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

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  Symbol for Isidore of Seville: beehive, crozier and quill
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  Ignatius of Antioch surrounded by lions
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  Ida of Toggenburg and a deer with 12 candles

Article title	Attributes
Ida of Toggenburg	Deer, or a deer with 12 candles, crow [5]
Ignatius of Antioch	bishops vestments, surrounded by lions or in chains [a]
Ignatius of Loyola	chasuble, book often inscribed with Ad majorem Dei gloriam , or the letters AMDG, the christogram IHS with a cross across the h (traditionally with three nails below the letters, and the letters and nails surrounded by the sun's rays), sword, cross, biretta [a]
Imelda Lambertini	Wearing first communion dress, chapel veil with attached to a chaplet of flowers on her head and rosary[ citation needed ]
Imerius of Immertal	hermit's garb and bird of prey [a]
Indaletius	miter, staff and a book in his hands[ citation needed ]
Inés de Benigánim	Religious habit of a Discalced Augustinian nun[ citation needed ]
Innocent XI	Papal attire, Papal tiara, camauro [ citation needed ]
Innocent of Alaska	Vested as a bishop, with a moderately long black beard, holding a Gospel Book or scroll [ citation needed ]
Innocenzo da Berzo	Capuchin habit [ citation needed ]
Inocencio of Mary Immaculate	Passionist habit and Passionist Sign [ citation needed ]
Irene of Rome	Tending to Saint Sebastian [ citation needed ]
Irene of Tomar	martyr's palm [a]
Irene Stefani	Religious habit of the Consolata Missionary Sisters [ citation needed ]
Irmã Dulce	Religious habit[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
Irmgard of Chiemsee	crozier of an abbess, flaming heart, Benedictine habit, crown[ citation needed ]
Irmina of Oeren	a church in her hand, signifying her status as a church founder; with two angels above her head, carrying her soul to heaven [6]
Isaac of Dalmatia	Clothed as an Eastern monk, sometimes holding a scroll with a quotation from his hagiography, sometimes carrying a paterissa [ citation needed ]
Isaac of Nineveh	Scrolls and books, writing tools[ citation needed ]
Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos	Martyr's palm, Lily flower, rosary [ citation needed ]
Isaiah	With gray hair and beard holding a scroll with words from Isaiah 7:14, (in Latin)ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel (behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be Emmanuel) [b]
Isabel Sánchez Romero	Dominican habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Isidore De Loor	Passionist habit [ citation needed ]
Isidore of Seville	bees; bishop holding a pen while surrounded by a swarm of bees; bishop standing near a beehive; old bishop with a prince at his feet; pen; priest or bishop with pen and book; with Saint Leander, Saint Fulgentius, and Saint Florentina; with his Etymologiae [a]
Isidore the Laborer	peasant holding a sickle and a sheaf of corn, a sickle and staff, as an angel plows for him; or with an angel and white oxen near him. In Spanish art, his attributes are a spade or a plough. [7]
Isnardo da Chiampo	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
István Sándor (martyr)	book, Martyr's palm [ citation needed ]
Ivo of Kermartin	as a lawyer, holding a document, in legal dress [a]

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  An axe, the symbol of the martyrdom of Saint Jude the Apostle
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  Juan Diego, wearing a tilmàtli
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  Saint Joseph holding a rod of spikenard
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  Cistercian religious habit
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  Dominican religious habit
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  De La Salle Christian Brother habit

Article title	Attributes
Jadwiga of Poland	Royal dress and shoes, apron full of roses[ citation needed ]
James the Less	carpenter saw, fuller's club[ citation needed ]
James of the Marches	Depicted holding in his right hand a chalice, out of which a snake is escaping [8]
James the Great	Red Martyr, Scallop, Pilgrim's hat [ citation needed ]
James, brother of Jesus	Red Martyr, fuller's club; man holding a book[ citation needed ]
James, son of Alphaeus	Carpenter's saw; fuller's club[ citation needed ]
Jan Franciszek Macha	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Jan Sarkander	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Jan Tyranowski	Rosary [ citation needed ]
Jan Wojciech Balicki	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Janina Szymkowiak	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
János Brenner	Cistercian habit [ citation needed ]
Januarius	vials of blood, palms, Mount Vesuvius [ citation needed ]
Jean de Brébeuf	Pyx [ citation needed ]
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle	Book, Christian Brothers habit [ citation needed ]
Jean-Baptiste Fouque	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Jeanne-Antide Thouret	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Jegudiel	Crown, whip[ citation needed ]
Jerahmeel (archangel)	Balance scales [ citation needed ]
Jeremiah of Wallachia	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Jerome	hermitage, lion, hermit wearing a cardinal's galero, vestments of a cardinal, cross, skull, books and writing material, stone in hand [a]
Jerzy Popiełuszko	Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Joachim Piccolomini	Servite holding a book and flower[ citation needed ]
Joachim	dressed in green, with book and scroll [9]
Joan of Arc	shield, armament, Cross of Lorraine [a]
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry	crowned Annonciade abbess, usually with cross and rosary, or holding the hand of the Christ Child, who is holding a basket; Annonciade abbess with basket of bread and cup of wine; with Father Gabriel Mary; having a ring placed on her finger by the Christ Child[ citation needed ]
Saint Joanna	lamb [a]
Joaquina Vedruna de Mas	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Job of Pochayev	Vested as a monk, holding an abbot's crozier [ citation needed ]
Joel (prophet)	Prophet [ citation needed ]
Johann Philipp Jeningen	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Johannes Laurentius Weiss	Franciscan habit, Palm of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Johannes Ludovicus Paquay	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
John Berchmans	Rule of Saint Ignatius, cross, rosary [a]
John Berthier	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
John Bosco	Cassock, Biretta [ citation needed ]
John XXIII	Papal Vestments, Papal Tiara, Camauro[ citation needed ]
John Paul I	Papal attire, Pallium [ citation needed ]
John Paul II	Papal ferula, Papal vestments [ citation needed ]
John Calybite	Beggar with a Gospel in his hand[ citation needed ]
John Cantius	in a professor's gown with his arm around shoulder of a young student whose gaze is directed towards Heaven; giving his garments to the poor[ citation needed ]
John Chrysostom	Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book or scroll, right hand raised in blessing. He is depicted as emaciated from fasting, with a high forehead, balding with dark hair and a small beard. Symbols: beehive, a white dove, a pan, [10] chalice on a bible, pen and inkhorn [a]
John Climacus	Clothed as a monk, sometimes with an Abbot's paterissa (crozier), sometimes holding a copy of his Ladder[ citation needed ]
John Eudes	Priest's attire, Sacred Heart[ citation needed ]
John Gualbert	Benedictine habit[ citation needed ]
John Henry Newman	Cardinal's attire, Oratorian Habit[ citation needed ]
John Joseph of the Cross	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
John Leonardi	Priest's cassock, Rule of the Order, quill, mortar and pestle[ citation needed ]
John of Damascus	Severed hand, icon[ citation needed ]
John of God	alms, heart, crown of thorns [a]
John of Matha	purse, man in Trinitarian habit, with the white with blue and red cross on the breast, with chains in his hands or at his feet, captives near him, and his mitre at his feet[ citation needed ]
John of Nepomuk	halo of five stars, palm, priestly dress, cross, bridge, angel indicating silence by a finger over the lips, Biretta [ citation needed ]
John of Sahagún	holding a Chalice and host surrounded by rays of light [11]
John of the Cross	Carmelite habit, cross, crucifix, book, and a quill [ citation needed ]
John Righi	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
John Soreth	Carmelite habit, ciborium [ citation needed ]
John the Apostle	Book, a serpent in a chalice, cauldron, eagle[ citation needed ]
John the Baptist	lamb, head on a platter, animal skin (the camel-skin coat of the Gospels), pointing at Christ or a lamb, often portrayed carrying a long crudely made cross [a]
John the Dwarf	Short Monk watering a stick[ citation needed ]
John the Evangelist	Eagle [12]
John the Merciful	Bishop's vestment, miter, crosier[ citation needed ]
John Twenge	holding a fish [13]
John Vianney	Cassock, surplice, preaching bands, stole, rosary, crucifix, and a Bible [ citation needed ]
Jón Ögmundsson	bishop's staff, miter, book[ citation needed ]
Jonathan (1 Samuel)	Bow and Arrow[ citation needed ]
Jophiel	Flaming sword [ citation needed ]
Jordan of Bristol	Youth, Roman, noble, the habit and tonsure of a monk, hand raised in blessing, bearing bread and wine, [14] companion of Augustine of Canterbury [15]
Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero	Priest's cassock, Rosary [ citation needed ]
José Gálvez Ginachero	Lab coat[ citation needed ]
José Gregorio Hernández	Doctor's coat[ citation needed ]
José Maria de Yermo y Parres	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
José Sánchez del Río	Crucifix, Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Josefa Naval Girbés	Carmelite habit[ citation needed ]
Josemaría Escrivá	Priest attire, rosary[ citation needed ]
Josep Manyanet i Vives	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Josep Samsó Elías	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Josep Tous Soler	Capuchin habit, Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Joseph of Anchieta	Gospel book, crucifix and Walking stick [a]
Joseph, spouse of Mary	Christ Child, white lily, rod, plane, carpentry square, often brown robe and/or mantle [a] , holding a rod of spikenard [16]
Joseph Cafasso	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Joseph Calasanz	Cassock, biretta, and ferraiolo [ citation needed ]
Joseph Gérard	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Joseph Kugler	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Joseph Oriol	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Joseph Vandor	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Joseph Vaz	Mitre placed to side, holding crucifix, sun icon, Oratorian habit[ citation needed ]
Joseph Vithayathil	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Joshua	Often depicted with Caleb, carrying the grapes out of Canaan [ citation needed ]
Jovan Vladimir	depicted with a mustache and short beard, wearing a cloak and a crown inscribed with lilies, holding a cross in his right hand, and his severed head in his left hand. [17]
Juan de Castillo (Jesuit)	Palm of martyrdom[ citation needed ]
Juan de Prado	Franciscan habit, Sword, Fire [ citation needed ]
Juan de Ribera	Episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Juan Diego	Tilma with the impressed image of the Virgin Mary, roses [a]
Juan García López-Rico	Trinitarian habit, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Juan Manuel Martín del Campo	Cassock, Stole[ citation needed ]
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Juana de la Cruz Vázquez Gutiérrez	Brown habit of the Franciscan Third Order Regular Sisters, holding a large cross [ citation needed ]
Juana María Condesa Lluch	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Jude the Apostle	Axe, club, boat, oar, medallion[ citation needed ]
Judoc	pilgrim's staff; a crown at his feet[ citation needed ]
Judicael	Warrior king holding a book, crown at his feet, sometimes with the Breton shield of arms[ citation needed ]
Julia Greeley	Rosary, Child, Tau cross[ citation needed ]
Julia of Corsica	Palm of martyrdom, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Julia Teresa Tallon	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Julian and Basilissa	Palm of martyrdom[ citation needed ]
Julian of Antioch	portrayed as being cast into the sea in a sack full of serpents and scorpions. He may also be shown as his coffin floats with four angels seated on it, or being led bound on a dromedary.[ citation needed ]
Julian of Le Mans	Sometimes pictured as a bishop raising a dead child to life, also shown vanquishing a dragon [ citation needed ]
Julian of Norwich	holding a radiant cross, reading in her writing Revelations of Divine Love, wearing the attire of a anchoress [ citation needed ]
Julian the Hospitaller	Carrying a leper through a river; ferryman; hart; holding an oar; man listening to a talking stag; oar; stag; with Jesus and Saint Martha as patrons of travelers; young hunter with a stag; young man killing his parents in bed; young man wearing a fur-lined cloak, sword, and gloves; young, well-dressed man holding a hawk on his finger[ citation needed ]
Juliana Falconieri	represented in the habit of the Mantellates with a Eucharistic host upon her breast[ citation needed ]
Juliana of Liège	holding a monstrance [ citation needed ]
Juliana of Nicomedia	Represented in pictures with a winged devil whom she leads by a chain. She is also shown enduring various tortures or fighting a dragon.[ citation needed ]
Julian-Nicolas Rèche	De La Sallian habit[ citation needed ]
Julius of Novara	old priest with his staff, sailing on his cloak to Isola Giulio over a lake[ citation needed ]
Junia (New Testament person)	Christian Martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Junípero Serra	Franciscan habit, wearing a large crucifix, or holding a crucifix accompanied by a young Native American boy[ citation needed ]
Justa and Rufina	A model of the Giralda; earthenware pots, bowls and platters; books on which are two lumps of potter's clay; palms of martyrdom; lion [18]
Justin Popović	Shown holding a hagiography book[ citation needed ]
Justin Martyr	axe, sword [a]
Justina of Padua	martyr's palm, knife, unicorn [a]
Justina of Padua	young woman setting a cross on the head of the devil while holding a lily in her hand; young woman with a crown, palm, and sword; young woman with a palm, book, and a sword in her breast; young woman with a unicorn, symbolizing virginity, and palm; young woman with Saint Prosdocimus [ citation needed ]
Justinian I	Imperial Vestment[ citation needed ]
Justus of Beauvais	palm of martyrdom; depicted as young boy[ citation needed ]
Justus of Trieste	Spear, flowers across his chest and holding a palm and cathedral[ citation needed ]
Juthwara	round soft cheese, sword; with Sidwell; as cephalophore [a]
Juvenal of Narni	holding a sword in his mouth; holding a chalice [19]
Juvenaly of Alaska	Monastic habit, Epitrachelion, Cross[ citation needed ]

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  Koloman
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  Kentigern with a robin, a bell and a fish with a ring in its mouth

Article title	Attributes
Kateri Tekakwitha	turtle, white lily, cross, rosary [a] [b]
Katharine Drexel	habit of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament [a]
Kakwkylla	Rats and mice[ citation needed ]
Kalliopi (martyr)	hot iron pressed to her breast[ citation needed ]
Kamen Vitchev	Assumptionist habit, cross, book[ citation needed ]
Karolina Gerhardinger	Religious habit of the School Sisters[ citation needed ]
Karolina Kózka	Lily flowers, martyr's palm, Rosary [ citation needed ]
Kaspar Stanggassinger	Priest's habit[ citation needed ]
Kateri Tekakwitha	Lily; Turtle; Rosary [ citation needed ]
Katherine of Ledbury	ringing bells, [20] [21] the footprints of her stolen horse, clairvoyance, [22] herbs and milk [23]
Kentigern	bishop with a robin on his shoulder; holding a bell and a fish with a ring in its mouth [24]
Kea	hermit with a stag[ citation needed ]
Kessog	in a soldier's habit, holding a bow bent with an arrow in it[ citation needed ]
Kevin of Glendalough	blackbird [a]
Khalīl al-Haddād	Franciscan habit, rosary [ citation needed ]
Kilian	wearing a bishop's mitre and wielding a sword [a]
Kinga of Poland	Depicted as an abbess; crown[ citation needed ]
Kjeld of Viborg	cassock, book [a]
Knut of Denmark	royal insignia, dagger, lance or arrow. [a]
Koloman	pilgrim's hat and dress, rope in his hand; hanging on a gibbet; tongs and rod; book and maniple [b]
Kristos Samra	Woman with two-sided wings[ citation needed ]
Kuriakose Elias Chavara	Catholic saint, founder and social reformer[ citation needed ]

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  Saint Lucy with her eyes on a plate
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  Holy Crown of Hungary

Article title	Attributes
Ladislas of Gielniów	Capuchin habit, Crucifix, Statue, Whip[ citation needed ]
Ladislaus I of Hungary	Holy Crown of St. Stephen I, Long sword, Two angels, Banner [ citation needed ]
Lambert of Maastricht	martyr's palm [a] , sword [b]
Latuinus	episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo	Augustinian habit[ citation needed ]
Laura Montoya	Religious habit
Laureana Franco	Rosary, Catechism book[ citation needed ]
Lawrence of Rome	Usually holding a gridiron and wearing a dalmatic [b] , cross, evangelistary, martyr's palm, purse of money, accompanied by a group of poor people[ citation needed ]
Lawrence of Brindisi	Leading soldiers against the Turks, With the Infant Jesus [ citation needed ]
Lazarus of Bethany	Sometimes vested as an apostle, sometimes as a bishop. In the scene of his resurrection, he is portrayed tightly bound in mummified clothes, which resemble swaddling bands.[ citation needed ]
Leander of Seville	episcopal attire, pen [a]
Leo I (emperor)	Imperial attire[ citation needed ]
Leobinus	depicted on his death-bed receiving the last rites from his successor Saint Caletric [ citation needed ]
Leocadia	Represented with a tower, to signify that she died in prison. [25]
Leodegar	Man having his eyes bored out with a gimlet, Bishop holding a gimlet, Bishop holding a hook with two prongs[ citation needed ]
Leonard Melki	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Leonard of Noblac	depicted as an abbot holding chains, fetters or locks, or manacles. [26]
Leonard of Port Maurice	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Leonardo Murialdo	Priest's attire, book[ citation needed ]
Leonella Sgorbati	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Leonie Aviat	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Léonie Martin	Nun's habit[ citation needed ]
Leopold III, Margrave of Austria	Holding a model of a church[ citation needed ]
Leopold of Alpandeire	Capuchin habit [ citation needed ]
Leopoldo da Gaiche	Crown of thorns, Franciscan habit, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Leucius of Brindisi	Pastoral Staff[ citation needed ]
Leudwinus	Eagle[ citation needed ]
Lev of Optina	Clothed as a hieromonk, sometimes holding a scroll [ citation needed ]
Liberalis of Treviso	depicted as a knight[ citation needed ]
Liborius of Le Mans	pebbles on a book; peacocks; episcopal attire [27]
Liborius Wagner	Cassock, sword, palm[ citation needed ]
Lindalva Justo de Oliveira	Religious habit, Palm [ citation needed ]
Liphardus	Hermit fighting a dragon with a stick[ citation needed ]
Lodovico Pavoni	Cassock, Zucchetto [ citation needed ]
Lojze Grozde	book, palm, snowdrop [ citation needed ]
Longinus	Roman soldier's attire, lance [28]
Lorenzo da Ripafratta	Dominican habit[ citation needed ]
Lorenzo Maria of Saint Francis Xavier	Passionist habit, Image of the Child Jesus [ citation needed ]
Lorenzo Ruiz	Rosary in clasped hands, gallows and pit, barong tagalog and black trousers, cross, martyr's palm [a]
Louis Bertrand	A chalice containing a snake [29]
Louis Brisson	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Louis IX of France	royal attire of crown, sceptre, and blue mantle decorated with golden fleur-de-lis , and the other parts of the French regalia; crown of thorns, nails, 'globus cruciger [b]
Louis of Toulouse	silk gloves and a richly embroidered cape with a jeweled clasp at the neck [b] , boy bishop, often with a discarded crown by his feet; represented vested in pontifical garments and holding a book and a crosier[ citation needed ]
Louis Querbes	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Louis-Antoine-Rose Ormières Lacase	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Louise de Marillac	Widow's clothing[ citation needed ]
Louise of France	Carmelite habit, rosary[ citation needed ]
Louis-Édouard Cestac	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Louis-Marie Baudouin	Cassock, Zucchetto [ citation needed ]
Luca Antonio Falcone	Franciscan habit, Rosary, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Luca Passi	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Florida Cevoli	Religious habit of the Capuchin Poor Clares, crucifix, white lilies[ citation needed ]
Lucy	robe of a virgin, with her eyes on a plate, lamp, sword [a] (also: Cord; woman hitched to a yoke of oxen; woman in the company of Saint Agatha, Saint Agnes of Rome, Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria, and Saint Thecla; woman kneeling before the tomb of Saint Agatha)[ citation needed ]
Lucy Brocadelli	Dominican habit, rosary[ citation needed ]
Lucy Filippini	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Ludger	Bishop holding a cathedral; reciting his Breviary; with a swan on either side[ citation needed ]
Ludmila of Bohemia	veil[ citation needed ]
Ludovico Morbioli	Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Ludovico of Casoria	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Ludwika Szczęsna	Religious habit, Crucifix, Heart [ citation needed ]
Luigi Biraghi	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Luigi Boccardo	Stole, cassock[ citation needed ]
Luigi Bordino	Sacred Heart [ citation needed ]
Luigi Caburlotto	Priest's cassock, Zucchetto [ citation needed ]
Luigi Guanella	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Luigi Lenzini	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Luigi Maria Palazzolo	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Luigi Monza	Cassock [ citation needed ]
Luigi Rabatà	Carmelite habit, arrow, martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Luigi Scrosoppi	Priest's cassock, Book, Zucchetto, [ citation needed ] Rosary
Luigi Talamoni	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Luigi Tezza	Cassock, Cross[ citation needed ]
Luigi Variara	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Luigi Versiglia	Episcopal attire, martyr's palm, chalice[ citation needed ]
Luigia Poloni	Religious habit, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Luka (Voyno-Yasenetsky)	Wearing bishop's vestment, pectoral cross and engolpion worn about his neck, miter and crozier.[ citation needed ]
Lupus of Troyes	depicted with a diamond falling from heaven as he celebrates Mass; shown holding a chalice with a diamond in it or at the altar, giving a diamond to a king [30]
Lutgardis	as Christ shows her his wounded side; habit and attributes of a Cistercian abbess; being blinded by the Heart of Jesus; nun to whom Christ extends his hand from the cross; in attendance when Christ shows his Heart to the Father[ citation needed ]
Luxurious	Palm branch[ citation needed ]

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  Mary Magdalene pictured with her attributes
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  Marina of Antioch beating a demon with a hammer

Article title	Attributes
Macarius of Jerusalem	Bishop [ citation needed ]
Macarius, Metropolitan of Moscow	Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book [ citation needed ]
Maddalena Caterina Morano	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maddalena Panattieri	Dominican habit, heart, rosary, Crown of thorns [ citation needed ]
Madeleine Sophie Barat	Religious habit, Book[ citation needed ]
Máedóc of Ferns	Honey bees [ citation needed ]
Mary Magdalene	jar of ointment, long hair, washing Christ's feet, skull, crucifix, red egg [a]
Magdalene of Canossa	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Magdalene of Nagasaki	Palm, Augustinian habit (without the typical nun hair net, since she was a lay sister), books[ citation needed ]
Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney	Viking clothing, axe[ citation needed ]
Magnus of Anagni	episcopal attire, martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Magnus of Cuneo	depicted as a soldier bearing a banner and the martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Małgorzata Szewczyk	Religious habit, rosary [ citation needed ]
Malo (saint)	Depicted as an abbot and a bishop[ citation needed ]
Mamertinus of Auxerre	depicted lying in a cave surrounded by serpents or exhorting monks, lying on a mat in his cell before his death[ citation needed ]
Mami Wata	Snakes, pearls, gold, diamonds[ citation needed ]
Mamilian of Palermo	episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Mammes of Caesarea	lion[ citation needed ]
Manuel Aparici Navarro	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Manuel Domingo y Sol	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Manuel Lozano Garrido	Newspaper, Rosary, Pen[ citation needed ]
Manuel Míguez González	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Manuel Solórzano	martyr's palm [ citation needed ]
Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinosa	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marcantonio Durando	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Marcellinus and Peter	Depicted as two tonsured men holding crowns; martyr's palm; depicted alongside St. Pollio [31]
Marcello Labor	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Marcian of Tortona	martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Marciana of Mauretania	represented as a maiden gored by a bull; sometimes depicted with a leopard and bull near her; martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Marco da Montegallo	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Marco d'Aviano	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Marco Passionei	Franciscan habit, crucifix, book[ citation needed ]
Margaret of Castello	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Margaret of Hungary (saint)	A lily and a book[ citation needed ]
Margaret of Scotland	reading the bible [a]
Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury	martyr's palm, rosary, tunic bearing the Five Wounds of Christ [ citation needed ]
Margaret the Virgin	dragon, sometimes in chains, cross, hammer [a]
Margareta Ebner	Dominican habit[ citation needed ]
Margaretha Flesch	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Margarito Flores García	palm[ citation needed ]
Margherita Colonna	Poor Clares habit[ citation needed ]
Marguerite Bays	rosary, Stigmata [ citation needed ]
Marguerite Rutan	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Adeodata Pisani	Benedictine habit, crucifix, bible[ citation needed ]
Maria Angela Astorch	Crosier, monstrance, breviary, Baby Jesus [ citation needed ]
Maria Angela Picco	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Angélica Pérez	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Anna Donati	Religious habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Maria Anna Rosa Caiani	Nun's habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Anna Sala	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa	Religious habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Maria Assunta Pallotta	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Bagnesi	Dominican habit, crucifix, dagger[ citation needed ]
Maria Bernarda Bütler	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Candida of the Eucharist	Carmelite habit[ citation needed ]
María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Caterina Troiani	Nun's habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Maria Clara of the Child Jesus	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Costanza Panas	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Maria Cristina of the Immaculate Conception Brando	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Crocifissa Curcio	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Crocifissa di Rosa	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero	Religious habit, rosary, Book of Hours[ citation needed ]
María de las Maravillas de Jesús	Discalced Carmelite habit, holding the rule of the order[ citation needed ]
Maria De Mattias	Foundress[ clarification needed ][ citation needed ]
María del Carmen González-Ramos García-Prieto de Muñoz	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María del Tránsito Cabanillas	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Domenica Mantovani	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Dulce Rodrigues dos Santos	Nun's habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Elisabetta Renzi	Religious habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Francisca Ricart Olmos	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Gargani	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Giovanna Fasce	Augustinian habit [ citation needed ]
Maria Giuseppa Rossello	Religious habit, book, lily[ citation needed ]
Maria Goretti	fourteen white lilies; humble clothing; (occasionally) a knife; martyr's palm [ citation needed ]
Maria Grazia Tarallo	Nun's habit, Scapular [ citation needed ]
María Guadalupe García Zavala	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Guggiari Echeverría	Discalced Carmelite habit [ citation needed ]
Maria Hueber	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Josefa Karolina Brader	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Josefa Sancho de Guerra	Book|Religious habit, Sash, rosary [ citation needed ]
Maria Karłowska	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Katharina Kasper	Religious habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Maria Katherina Scherer	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Laura Mainetti	Martyr's palm, rosary [ citation needed ]
Maria Llorença Llong	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María López de Rivas Martínez	Nun's habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Maria Maddalena Martinengo	Nun's habit, crucifix, rosary, White flowers[ citation needed ]
Maria Magdalena Jahn	Religious habit, rosary, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Blandine Merten	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Merkert	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Micaela Desmaisieres	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Natividad Venegas de la Torre	Nun's habit, heart [ citation needed ]
Maria Pia Mastena	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Pilar Izquierdo Albero	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Rafols Bruna	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Repetto	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Ripamonti	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
María Romero Meneses	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Schininà	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Scrilli	crucifix, Carmelite habit [ citation needed ]
Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Teresa Casini	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Teresa Merlo	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Teresa of St. Joseph	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Therese von Wüllenweber	Nun's habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Theresia Bonzel	Nun's habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Troncatti	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Velotti	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Vicenta Rosal	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Mariam Baouardy	Carmelite Nun's habit [ citation needed ]
Mariam Thresia Chiramel	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Mariam Vattalil	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Mariana de Jesús de Paredes	Lily, black cassock embroidered with the Christogram of IHS[ citation needed ]
Mariana Navarro de Guevarra Romero	Religious habit, Cross, Lily, Heart [ citation needed ]
Marianna Fontanella	Carmelite habit, crucifix, White flower[ citation needed ]
Mariano Arciero	Priest's attire, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Mariano da Roccacasale	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Mariano de Jesús Euse Hoyos	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Mariano de la Mata	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Marie Anne Blondin	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie Deluil-Martiny	Religious habit of the Daughters of the Heart of Jesus, Sacred Heart
Marie-Léonie Paradis	religious habit of a Sister of the Holy Family, rosary, crucifix
Marie of Oignies	protected from rain by the Virgin Mary sheltering her with her mantle[ citation needed ]
Marie of the Incarnation (Carmelite)	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas	Religious habit, rosary [ citation needed ]
Marie-Anne-Marcelle Mallet	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Élisabeth Turgeon	Nun's habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Marie-Eugène de l'Enfant-Jésus	Carmelite habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Eugénie de Jésus	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Geneviève Meunier	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Madeleine Postel	Religious habit, crucifix [ citation needed ]
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marie-Rosalie Cadron-Jetté	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Marinus	Depicted as a bearded layman with a stonemason's hammer; also depicted as a young deacon with a hammer; depicted serving as a deacon to Saint Leo the Great or Gaudentius of Rimini; two oxen near him.[ citation needed ]
Mario Ciceri	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Mark of Ephesus	Long white beard, vested as a bishop, holding a scroll in one hand and Cross in the other[ citation needed ]
Markella	Martyr's palm, cross, scroll, (occasionally) being beheaded by her father.[ citation needed ]
Marko Krizin	Martyr's palm [ citation needed ]
Marta Anna Wiecka	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Martha	broom, keys, tarasque, [32] aspergillum, dragon [a]
Martial	episcopal attire.[ citation needed ]
Martin de Porres	broom, a cat, dog and a mouse eating from the same plate [b]
Martin of Tours	geese; armament of a Roman soldier, sharing his cloak with a beggar [a]
Martina of Rome	palm of martyrdom[ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Libya	crown of martyrdom, orange jumpsuits, martyr's palm, crucifix[ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Albania	Palm [ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Algeria	Palm of martyrdom, Trappist habit [ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Jasenovac	Profession of faith, dove, martyr's palm, religious habit[ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Laos	Palm, Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Natal	Priest's attire, Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Prague	Franciscan habit, Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War	Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm, rosary [ citation needed ]
Martyrs of Zenta	Priest's cassock, Palm branch [ citation needed ]
Mary de Cervellione	Lily, boat, stormy sea[ citation needed ]
Mary Elizabeth Lange	Religious habit, rosary [ citation needed ]
Mary Frances Schervier	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Mary Magdalene	Western: alabaster box of ointment; a skull on top of a book. Eastern: container of ointment (as a myrrhbearer), or holding a red egg (symbol of the resurrection); embracing the feet of Christ after the Resurrection [ citation needed ]
Mary of Bethany	Woman holding an alabaster jar of perfume (myrrh) and holding her hair[ citation needed ]
Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado	Dominican Religious habit, a rosary, the image of the Baby Jesus with laurel [ citation needed ]
Massacre of the Innocents	Martyr's palm, Crown of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Materiana	crown; widow's robe.[ citation needed ]
Maurus	scales, spade, crutch [a]
Menas of Crete	two camels [a]
Mercurius	Martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo	Cassock [ citation needed ]
Matilda	purse, alms [a]
Matilde Salem	brooch with the image of the Immaculate Conception [ citation needed ]
Matteo Ricci	Chinese Confucian scholar robes holding a crucifix and book [ citation needed ]
Matthias the Apostle	axe, Christian martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Mattia Ciccarelli	Augustinian habit, Eucharist [ citation needed ]
Mattia de Nazarei	Religious habit, book[ citation needed ]
Maurice	soldier in armour, soldier being executed with other soldiers, sub-saharan African in full armour, banner with red cross (the badge of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus) [a]
Maurice Tornay	Augustinian habit [ citation needed ]
Maurice-Marie-Matthieu Garrigou	Cassock, Zucchetto [ citation needed ]
Maurus of Parentium	bishop holding the crown of martyrdom in his hand
Maurus, Pantalemon and Sergius	Mauro is represented in robes of a bishop with a book. Sergio and Pantaleone, in military attire, on a horse, while raising a flag with red cross on a white background[ citation needed ]
Maximilian Kolbe	Franciscan habit, the Rycerz Niepokalanej , Nazi concentration prison uniform, Nazi concentration camp badge, crucifix, rosary, and a palm of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Maximin of Trier	depicted receiving Saint Athanasius at Trier; book; model of a church; bear at his side; commanding a bear to carry his things. [ citation needed ]
Maximus of Turin	depicted as a bishop pointing at a roe [ citation needed ]
Mechtilde	Scales and a sword, heart, book and dove[ citation needed ]
Medardus	Episcopal garments[ citation needed ]
Meinrad of Einsiedeln	two ravens[ citation needed ]
Melchor Chyliński	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Menas of Egypt	Christian Martyrdom, man with his hands cut off and his eyes torn out; man with two camels; young knight with a halberd, an anachronistic depiction of his time in the Roman army [ citation needed ]
Menina Izildinha	Flowers[ citation needed ]
Mercè Prat i Prat	Teresian habit, Palm[ citation needed ]
Michael (archangel)	Archangel; treading on a dragon, carrying a banner, scales, sword, and weighing souls [a]
Michael de Sanctis	depicted kneeling before an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed[ citation needed ]
Michael Hồ Đình Hy	Hanfu, Song official headwear, Martyr's palm, Dadao [ citation needed ]
Michael J. McGivney	Priest attire, Books, Rosary[ citation needed ]
Michał Giedroyć	crucifix [ citation needed ]
Michał Sopoćko	Cassock [ citation needed ]
Michel Garicoïts	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Michele Carcano	cross, skull [ citation needed ]
Michelina of Pesaro	Widow, pilgrim, and Franciscan tertiaries [ citation needed ]
Miguel Febres Cordero	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Miguel Pro	Execution in a cruciform posture, Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm, rosary [ citation needed ]
Mildrith	Princess's crown, Abbess' crozier, hind [ citation needed ]
Miliau	depicted afs a cephalophore; in royal garb[ citation needed ]
Minias of Florence	Depicted as a young prince holding a crown; crowned with a rod and palm; crowned with a lily, rod and palm; carrying his severed head [c]
Miroslav Bulešić	Book, Palm, Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Modomnoc	bees [ citation needed ]
Monica	girdle, tears [a]
Monon	Standing with a cow.[ citation needed ]
Moses	Tablets of the Law [ citation needed ]
Mother Teresa	Missionaries of Charity habit, rosary [ citation needed ]
Moura	Martyr's palm[ citation needed ]

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  Three golden balls as attributes of Saint Nicholas
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  Bell of Saint Ninian

Saint	Symbol
Nabor and Felix	two young men in military attire; palms [ citation needed ]
Nano Nagle	Monastic habit, Rosary[ citation needed ]
Narcissus of Jerusalem	Depicted as a bishop holding a thistle in blossom; pitcher of water near him, an angel depicted carrying his soul to Heaven[ citation needed ]
Natalina Bonardi	Religious habit [ citation needed ]
Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa	Religious habit [ citation needed ]
Nazarius and Celsus	depicted as a man and boy walking on the sea [33]
Nazju Falzon	Clerical cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Neagoe Basarab	Crown, Cross, Sword, Scroll, Hesychast [ citation needed ]
Nectarios of Aegina	Wearing a sakkos, omophorion worn about his shoulder, holding a book and epanokalimavkion [ citation needed ]
Nelson Lemus	Palm of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Neot	fish [a]
Nestor of Magydos	Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book, his right hand raised in blessing [ citation needed ]
Nicasius of Sicily	Military attire[ citation needed ]
Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia	Dragon (Quirinus) [34]
Nicolás Factor	Franciscan habit, skull, fire [b]
Nicholas I	rooster [35]
Nicholas of Myra	Vested as a Bishop. In Eastern Christianity, wearing an omophorion and holding a Gospel Book. Sometimes shown with Jesus Christ over one shoulder, holding a Gospel Book, and with the Theotokos over the other shoulder, holding an omophorion, holding three golden balls or coins, crozier, anchor, boat, children, wheat sheaves [a]
Nicholas of Tolentino	Augustinian holding a bird on a plate in the right hand and a crucifix on the other hand; holding a basket of bread, giving bread to a sick person; holding a lily or a crucifix garlanded with lilies; with a star above him or on his breast [36]
Nicholas Pieck	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Nicodemus the Hagiorite	Long white beard, monastic garb, often writing on a scroll, or in a book[ citation needed ]
Nicola da Forca Palena	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Nicola da Gesturi	Capuchin habit [ citation needed ]
Nicola Mazza	Priest's attire, Children at his side[ citation needed ]
Nicola Paglia	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Nicola Saggio	Crucifix, habit of the Minims [ citation needed ]
Nicolás Factor	Franciscan habit, Skull, Fire [37]
Nicolò Cortese	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Nicolò Politi	Staff[ citation needed ]
Nicolò Rusca	Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Nikolaj Velimirović	Vested as a bishop [ citation needed ]
Nikolaus Gross	Palm branch
Nimatullah Kassab	Religious habit, prayer rope [ citation needed ]
Ninian	Episcopal, clogrinny, or the Bell of St. Ninian [38] [a]
Nino	Grapevine cross [ citation needed ]
Ninnoc	Religious habit, crosier, book, deer[ citation needed ]
Nonnosus	oil lamp or hanging lamp, rock, [39] depicted sometimes as a Benedictine monk (in black habit) or as an abbot with a staff or as a deacon wearing a dalmatic [40]
Norbert of Xanten	monstrance, cross with two beams [a] [41]
Notburga	Ear of corn, or flowers and a sickle in her hand; sometimes the sickle is suspended in the air[ citation needed ]
Notker the Stammerer	A rod; Benedictine habit; book in one hand and a broken rod in the other with which he strikes the Devil [ citation needed ]
Nuno Álvares Pereira	Knight, sword, fleur-de-lis , Carmelite Habit,
Nunzio Sulprizio	Rosary, Anvil [ citation needed ]

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  Saint Olaf with axe in a viking boat
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  Saint Odile with larkspur
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  Othmar with a wine barrel

Saint	Symbol
Obitius	depicted as a warrior on horseback[ citation needed ]
Oda of Scotland	wearing a long blue gown with one shoulder bare, carrying a staff or a book; magpie on her hand and a crown under her feet [a]
Odile of Alsace	Abbess praying before an altar; woman with a book on which lie two eyes [42]
Odo of Novara	Carthusian habit, Staff[ citation needed ]
Olaf of Norway	crown, axe, standing in a Viking boat [a]
Olinto Marella	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Onesiphorus	Martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Onuphrius	old hermit dressed only in long hair and a loincloth of leaves; hermit with an angel bringing him the Eucharist or bread; hermit with a crown at his feet [43] [44]
Opportuna of Montreuil	carrying an abbess's crozier and a casket of relics. She may also be shown with the Virgin appearing at her deathbed or as a princess with a basket of cherries and a fleur-de-lys [45]
Origen	self-castration, monastic habit[ citation needed ]
Orontius of Lecce	Episcopal attire; smashes pagan idols at his feet [46]
Osanna of Mantua	Dominican tertiary wearing a crown of thorns and surrounded by rays of light; Dominican with the devil under her feet; a broken heart with a crucifix springing from it; a lily; two angels, one with a lily, one with a cross[ citation needed ]
Osgyth	Depicted carrying her own head, represented in art with a stag behind her and a long key hanging from her girdle, or otherwise carrying a key and a sword crossed, a device which commemorates St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Andrew [47]
Oswald of Northumbria	king in crown, carrying sceptre and orb, ciborium, sword, palm-branch, and/or with his raven[ citation needed ]
Othmar	Crozier and wine barrel[ citation needed ]

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  Saint Peter Martyr with an axe stuck in his head

Article title	Attributes
Pachomius the Great	Hermit in a garb, Hermit crossing the Nile on the back of a crocodile[ citation needed ]
Pacificus of Ceredano	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Pacificus of San Severino	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Padre Pio	Stigmata, Franciscan habit, miracles, and sacerdotal vestments [ citation needed ]
Palladius of Embrun	episcopal attire[ citation needed ]
Pancras of Rome	Roman legion armour, martyr's palm branch, book, quill, sword[ citation needed ]
Pancras of Taormina	depicted as an old man with yellowing grey hair, vested as a bishop, holding a cross in his right hand, and a Gospel book in his left[ citation needed ]
Pancras	sword, martyr's palm [a]
Pantaenus	lecturing from a pulpit[ citation needed ]
Pantaleon	nailed hands [a]
Paola Gambara Costa	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Paolo Manna	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Paraskevi of Iconium	Robe of martyrdom, vessel of perfume, Eastern cross, scroll[ citation needed ]
Pardus the Hermit	lion[ citation needed ]
Paschal Baylón	Monstrance, Franciscan habit, standing before the Eucharist [ citation needed ]
Patrick	cross, harp, serpent, baptismal font, demons, shamrock [a]
Patroclus of Troyes	depicted as a warrior pointing to a fish with a pearl in its mouth[ citation needed ]
Paul the Apostle	sword, book or scroll, horse, long, pointed beard, and balding backwards from forehead. [a]
Paul VI	Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Pallium [ citation needed ]
Paul Chong Hasang	Hanbok and gat, crucifix, palm of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Paul Miki	palm, cross, spear[ citation needed ]
Paul of Taganrog	Monastic habit, Prosphora[ citation needed ]
Paul of the Cross	Passionist habit, crucifix[ citation needed ]
Paul of Thebes	Two lions, palm tree, raven[ citation needed ]
Paula Montal Fornés	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Paula of Rome	Depicted as a Hieronymite abbess with a book, depicted as a pilgrim, often with Jerome and Eustochium, depicted prostrate before the cave at Bethlehem, depicted embarking in a ship, while a child calls from the shore, weeping over her children, with the instruments of the Passion, holding a scroll with Saint Jerome's epistle Cogite me Paula, with a book and a black veil fringed with gold, or with a sponge in her hand. [48]
Pauline Mallinckrodt	Religious habit [ citation needed ]
Pausicacus of Synada	Vested as a bishop [ citation needed ]
Pedro Armengol	Mercedarian habit, Rope|Palm of martyrdom [ citation needed ]
Pedro Calungsod	martyr's palm, spear, bolo, doctrina christiana book, rosary, christogram, crucifix [a]
Pedro de Arbués	Religious habit, Palm, Sword[ citation needed ]
Pelágio Sauter	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Penitent thief	Wearing a loincloth and either holding his cross or being crucified, sometimes depicted in Paradise [ citation needed ]
Pere Tarrés i Claret	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Peregrina Mogas Fontcuberta	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Peregrine (martyr)	Chi Rho on his chest, in a dungeon with the rack, the scourge, clubs or fire's flames[ citation needed ]
Peregrine Laziosi	one leg covered in a cancerous sore, a staff[ citation needed ]
Peregrine of Auxerre	converting pagans, overturning idols, founding Auxerre cathedral, [49] sometimes in the dress of a pilgrim in reference to his name (peregrinus means pilgrim in Latin), snake [50]
Perpetuus	Depicted as a bishop directing the building of a church. Sometimes the sick may be shown being healed at his tomb or as his relics are carried in procession[ citation needed ]
Petroc	Wolf, stag, church[ citation needed ]
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur	bell, Franciscan habit and the lance from the Shepherd's leap. [a]
Petar Zimonjić	Vested as a bishop [ citation needed ]
Peter and Fevronia of Murom	crown, sword, dove, scroll, white daisy, monastic habit[ citation needed ]
Peter Chanel	Gentle, kind, encouraging[ citation needed ]
Peter Damian	represented as a cardinal bearing a knotted rope in his hand, also as a pilgrim holding a papal Bull, Cardinal's hat, Benedictine habit [ citation needed ]
Peter de Regalado	Flames bursting from his heart[ citation needed ]
Peter Donders	Priest's attire[ citation needed ]
Peter Fourier	Chaplet, pictures of the Virgin Mary[ citation needed ]
Peter Friedhofen	Priest's attire [ citation needed ]
Peter González	Dominican holding a blue candle or a candle with a blue flame, Dominican lying on his cloak which is spread over hot coals, Dominican holding fire in his bare hands, Dominican catching fish with his bare hands, Dominican beside the ocean, often holding or otherwise protecting a ship[ citation needed ]
Peter Julian Eymard	Eucharist, Monstrance, Eucharistic Adoration, Eucharistic Congress, Cope, Humeral Veil, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament, Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, Real Presence [ citation needed ]
Peter of Alcántara	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Peter of Jesus Maldonado	priestly vestments, stole, palm, monstrance, Eucharist, Nocturnal Adoration pendant, Knight of Columbus pendant[ citation needed ]
Peter of Krutitsy	Vested as a bishop, right hand raised in blessing[ citation needed ]
Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur	Holds a walking stick and bell. Occasionally it also represents a spear canary pastor. [51]
Peter of Verona	Dominican with a hatchet in his head or a severe head wound, or writing the words "Credo in Deum" as he dies[ citation needed ]
Peter the Aleut	portrayed as an Aleut youth, wearing a traditional gut parka [52]
Peter the Wonderworker	Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book, right hand raised in blessing, making the Christogram ICXC[ citation needed ]
Peter To Rot	Martyr's palm, crucifix worn as a necklace, sometimes holding a globus cruciger [ citation needed ]
Petronius of Bologna	Depicted as a bishop holding a model of Bologna in his hand[ citation needed ]
Petronilla	broom and/or a set of keys, dolphin [a]
Pharaildis	shown with a goose at her feet [53]
Philip Benizi de Damiani	Habit of the Servite Order, Lily, book, papal tiara[ citation needed ]
Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow	Vested as a hierarch with omophorion, holding a Gospel Book, with his right hand raised in blessing. Iconographically, he is depicted with a medium-sized dark beard with flecks of grey[ citation needed ]
Philip of Jesus	spear, palm branch, cross[ citation needed ]
Philip the Apostle	Red Martyr, Elderly, bearded man, holding a basket of loaves and a Tau cross [ citation needed ]
Philomena	Youth, palm of martyrdom, flower crown, orange or white robes, palm, arrows, anchor, sometimes a partially slit throat[ citation needed ]
Philip Neri	white lily [a]
Philomena	anchor, martyr's palm, crown of roses, arrows [a] , holding white lilies[ citation needed ]
Piatus of Tournai	holding top part of his skull[ citation needed ]
Pierina Morosini	Martyr's palm, Lily flower, Rosary [ citation needed ]
Pierre Bonhomme	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Pierre Vigne	Crucifix, Staff[ citation needed ]
Pierre-Adrien Toulorge	White habit, palm[ citation needed ]
Pierre-François Jamet	Cassock, Legion of Honor [ citation needed ]
Pierre-Joseph Cassant	Cassock, Trappist habit[ citation needed ]
Pierre-René Rogue	Palm[ citation needed ]
Pietro Bonilli	Cassock[ citation needed ]
Pietro Casani	Priest's cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Pietro Corradini	Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Pietro Gambacorta	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Pietro Geremia	Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Pietro Pettinaio	Comb, finger on the lips for silence, Franciscan habit[ citation needed ]
Pino Puglisi	Priest's cassock [ citation needed ]
Piotr Kosiba	Franciscan habit [ citation needed ]
Pishoy	Monk carrying Jesus, Monk washing the feet of Jesus [ citation needed ]
Pius V	Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Dominican habit [ citation needed ]
Pius VII	Papal attire, Papal tiara, Benedictine habit [ citation needed ]
Pius IX	Papal attire, Papal tiara [ citation needed ]
Pius XII	Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Pectoral cross [ citation needed ]
Pius of Saint Aloysius	Passionist habit [ citation needed ]
Placide Viel	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Placidus	being rescued from drowning[ citation needed ]
Poemen	hermit, ascetic[ citation needed ]
Polycarp	Wearing the pallium, holding a book representing his Epistle to the Philippians[ citation needed ]
Pompeia of Langoat	Queen holding a distaff, book at her feet[ citation needed ]
Pompilio Maria Pirrotti	Priest's cassock, Crucifix [ citation needed ]
Pontianus of Spoleto	young man holding a sword[ citation needed ]
Porphyry of Gaza	vested as a bishop with omophorion, often holding a Gospel Book, with his right hand raised in blessing [ citation needed ]
Potitus	martyr's palm[ citation needed ]
Primus and Felician	As portrayed at their martyrdom: St Felician is nailed to a tree and St Primus is forced to swallow molten lead[ citation needed ]
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864–1918)	Religious habit[ citation needed ]
Priscilla and Aquila	Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm, cross[ citation needed ]
Procopius of Sázava	devil ploughing before him, depicted as an abbot with a book and whip, devil at his feet, with a stag (or hind) near him, with Saints Adelbert, Ludmila, and Vitus, hermit with a skull and a girdle of leaves[ citation needed ]
Prosdocimus	Depicted as a bishop holding a jar. Sometimes he is shown with Saint Justina of Padua to whom he was a spiritual father according to a medieval source. He may be depicted wearing a Benedictine habit.[ citation needed ]
Prosper of Reggio	Book, model of Reggio Emilia, episcopal dress[ citation needed ]
Protus and Hyacinth	Depicted as two young men, holding the crowns of martyrdom[ citation needed ]
Publius	Shown with a lion next to him[ citation needed ]
Pudentiana	Oil lamp, laurel wreath (for Christ)[ citation needed ]

See also

• Christian symbolism
• Arma Christi
• Animals in Christian art
• Plants in Christian iconography
• Degrees of martyrdom

Notes

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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".