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CATALOGUE OF THE EMBLEMS OF SAINTS.

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Cross

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A large one in the arms

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Helena, Empress,
Aug. 18

Cross

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

A tall one, with a bell at the top,
a pig by his side

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Anthony of Padua,
C. June 13

Crowned Figure

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

In the sky, conversing with a Virgin
kneeling

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

St. Bridget, V. July 21

Cups

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Two cups or goblets

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St. Odilo, Abbot, Dec. 31

Dead

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Raised to life

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St. Marcialis, Bp. July 2

*Devil

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Beating a Saint with a club

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Apollinaris, July 23;
& others

*Devils

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Saints, tormented by

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Lucy, V.M. Dec. 13;
and many others

Doe or Hind

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Crouching near an Abbot

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St. Giles, A. Sept. 1

Dog

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Setting a globe on fire

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St. Domminick^[1], C. Aug. 4

Dog

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}

Seated near a Saint, with a loaf in his
mouth, a plague-spot on the Saint's
thigh

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

St. Roche, C. Aug. 16

Dove

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Lighting on the head

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St. Eunuchus^[2], C. July 15

Dove

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Bringing a letter

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St. Oswald, K. Aug. 5^[3]

Doves

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In a basket, and staff in the hand

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St. Joachim, April 16

Dragon

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Under the feet of an armed figure

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St. George, M. April 23

Dragon

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

Under the feet, and spear with a cross
at the top in the hand

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Margaret, V.M. July
20

Eagle

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Standing by the side

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. John, Evangelist^[4],
Dec. 27

Expositorium

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Of Blessed Sacrament in the hand

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St. Clare, V. Aug. 12

Espousals

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To the Saviour

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Catharine of Sienna,
V. April 30

Face

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

Of the Saviour upon a cloth or
kerchief, usually called the Vernicle

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

St. Veronica, Sept. 9

Faldstool

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A mitred Figure kneeling at a

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St. Ambrose^[5], Bp. Dec. 7

Fawn, or rather
Antelope

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

At a king's feet

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St. Henry VI., K.

Fawn or Doe

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Before a Female, who holds a cross

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St. Withburga, V. C.

Female

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With a Devil taking her hand

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St. Theodora, C. Nov. 22

Fetter, or
Manacle

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

Held by an ecclesiastic

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St. Leonard, C. Nov. 6

Fire

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A Saint lighting a

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St. Januarius, Bp. Sept. 19

Fish

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Held in the hand; sometimes two

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St. Simon, Ap. Oct. 28

*Flogging

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A Saint scourged to death with rods

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. Regina, St. Gorgon,
St. Theodore, &c.

Flood

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

Houses swept away by, figure at a
prison window

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

St. Verena, circa Aug. 30

Flower

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In one hand, and Sword in the other

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St. Dorothy^[6], V.M. Feb. 6

Flowers

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Sprouting from the neck, head in hand

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St. Flora, V.M. June 15

Fruit

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An animal eating at the feet of a Saint

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St. Mangen, circa Sept. 6

Fuller's Bat

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In the hand

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

St. James the Less, Ap.
May 1

Genealogical
Tree

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\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}

Rising from the reclining figure of an
old man

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\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

Jesse, the Patriarch

↑ See Books, supra.
↑ The Blessed Virgin and many Saints thus.
↑ A Dove whispering in the ear of a figure with a triple crown is a common symbol of a Pope.—The Dove breathing into the ear of a Pope is generally a symbol of Pope Gregory the Great.
↑ See Chalice, supra.
↑ See Bee-hive, supra.
↑ See Basket, supra.

[1] See Books, supra.

[2] The Blessed Virgin and many Saints thus.

[3] A Dove whispering in the ear of a figure with a triple crown is a common symbol of a Pope.—The Dove breathing into the ear of a Pope is generally a symbol of Pope Gregory the Great.

[4] See Chalice, supra.

[5] See Bee-hive, supra.

[6] See Basket, supra.

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