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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[edit]

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Saints (I–P)

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Saints (Q–Z)

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

A[edit]

A
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 Smolensk Monastic habit, prayer rope, cross
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
Adalbero of Würzburg Holding a church in his hand[6]
Adalbert spears[10]
Adelaide of Italy crown, imperial garments, dispensing alms and food to the poor, often beside a ship[citation needed]
Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon Religious habit of the Marianist Sisters
Adolph Kolping cassock with black zucchetto
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia in armor, holding a hammer and anvil[6]
Alfege 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[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[14]
Alban of Mainz holding his own head in his hands[14]
Albert Chmielowski priest's attire
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 old, with long white hair and beard, holding the gospel book or a scroll, sometimes leaning on a saltire, fishing net
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[16]
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[17]
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[18]
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;[19] baptismal cup; fountain
Ansgar in archbishop's attire with a model of the church[citation needed]
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];[20][21] Tau cross with bell pendant[22]
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
Apollos monastic habit[citation needed]
Aquilinus of Milan sword through his neck
Arcadius of Mauretania club in his hand, lighted taper or on a rack, limbs chopped off[23]
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[24] in the act of her father killing her[25]
Augustine of Hippo dove, child, shell, pen, book[a], heart with a flame[26]
Aurea of Ostia thrown into the sea with a millstone around her neck[27]
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[edit]

B
Saint Symbol
Balbina of Rome Chains; fetters, young woman holding a chain or kissing the chains of captive Christians[citation needed]
Baldassare Ravaschieri Franciscan habit[citation needed]
Barachiel a white rose[28]
Barbara tower (often with three windows), chalice, ciborium, cannon[a]
Barbara Maix Sacred Heart, Religious habit, Crucifix[citation needed]
Barbatus of Benevento Crozier[citation needed]
Barnabas pilgrim's staff, olive branch[a]
Bartholomew of Braga Episcopal attire, Dominican habit, Pastoral staff[citation needed]
Bartolo da San Gimignano Franciscan habit[citation needed]
Bartolo Longo Knight habit, Rosary[citation needed]
Bartolomeo Cerveri Dominican habit, Palm[citation needed]
Bartolomeo Fanti Carmelite habit[citation needed]
Bartolomeo Maria Dal Monte Priest's cassock, Crucifix[citation needed]
Basil Fool for Christ Dressed in rags, or completely naked[citation needed]
Basil of Caesarea dove perched on his arm[14]
Basilides and Potamiana soldier's attire[citation needed]
Bassianus of Lodi deer, episcopal attire[citation needed]
Baudolino bishop preaching to geese, deer, and other animals[29]
Baudilus dalmatic[citation needed]
Bavo of Ghent sword, sceptre, hooded hawk[14]
Beatus of Lungern As an old man reading in a mountain cave; a monk fighting a dragon[citation needed]
Béchara Abou Mrad prayer rope[citation needed]
Bede Holding the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, a quill, a biretta
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[30]
Benedict XI Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Dominican habit[citation needed]
Benedict XIII Papal vestments, Papal tiara, Dominican habit[citation needed]
Benedict Joseph Labre tri-cornered hat; alms[citation needed]
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[31]
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[32]
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[33]
Berthold of Garsten in a monk's habit with a fish.[34]
Bessus soldier's attire, bearing a banner with the Mauritian cross and the martyr's palm, spade, helmet with an ostrich feather [citation needed]
Beuno Monastic habit, insignia of an abbot[citation needed]
Bibiana column and scourge with leaded thongs, branch of a tree; dagger, scourge, tied to a column[citation needed]
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[35]
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 Martyr[citation needed]
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 Skull that he holds and contemplates, with a book and a cross, Carthusian habit[citation needed]
Brynach Monk or abbot with cuckoo and/or the Nevern Cross[citation needed]
Bystrík sword, boat, episcopal attributes[citation needed]

C[edit]

C
Saint Symbol
Cadoc Bishop throwing a spear, crown at feet, sometimes accompanied by a stag, a pig or a mouse[citation needed]
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[36][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[37][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.[38]
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,[39] bear with a packsaddle [40]
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.[41] 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]

D[edit]

D
  • Saint Dorothey with a crown of roses and a palm branch (the attribute of both her virginity and her martyrdom)
    Daniel in the lions' den
  • Saint Dominic with dog and torch
    Saint Dominic with dog and torch
  • The martyrdom of Saint Denis
    the martyrdom of Saint Denis
Article title Attributes
Dagobert II King with a nail in his hand[42]
Daniel Often in the lions' den[a]
Daniel of Padua deacon's vestments, holding a towel and laver[43]
Dathus Dove[44]
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[45]
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[46]
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][47]
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[48]
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[49]
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]

E[edit]

E
  • Emilian of Cogolla in the Battle of Simancas
    Emilian of Cogolla in the Battle of Simancas
  • 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.
    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.
  • Erasmus holding a windlass
    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[50]
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.[51]
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[52][53][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[54]
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").[55]
Exuperantius of Cingoli banner, book[citation needed]
Exuperius (Theban Legion) military attire[citation needed]

F[edit]

F
Saint Symbol
Faith cross, gridiron, rods, sword[a][56]
Faustinus and Jovita wearing chasubles; holding the palms of martyrdom. Sometimes only Jovita is shown, richly dressed and on horseback; an angel may be shown saving them from drowning; sometimes shown with Faustinus of Brescia[citation needed]
Febronia of Nisibis martyr's palm and the shears used to cut off her breasts[57]
Federico Albert Priest's cassock[citation needed]
Felice Tantardini Anvil, rosary[citation needed]
Felician of Foligno an old bishop with a hook and tongs, or with holes bored through his feet and hands[citation needed]
Felicitas of Rome woman in widow's weeds holding a palm; woman with a palm, book, and children at her feet; woman with Saint Andrew the Apostle; woman with seven sons[citation needed]
Felinus and Gratian Military attire[citation needed]
Felix of Burgundy anchor[a]
Felix and Adauctus Adauctus is sometimes portrayed as a Roman legionary or soldier[citation needed]
Felix of Cantalice Capuchin habit; holding the Baby Jesus[citation needed]
Felix of Valois banner, in Trinitarian habit with a coronet at his feet, purse, with a stag, chains or captives nearby, with the Holy Trinity[citation needed]
Ferdinando Maria Baccilieri Priest's cassock, Crucifix[citation needed]
Fiacre spade, basket of vegetables[a][58]
Fidela Oller Angelats Religious habit[clarification needed][citation needed]
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, lying on her wooden board, with Saint Gregory the Great
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[59]
Florinus of Remüs bottle, glass of wine[a][60]
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 cassockZucchetto[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]

G[edit]

G
Saint Symbol
Gabriel Archangel;[61] Clothed in blue or white garments, carrying a white lily,[62] a trumpet, a shining lantern, a branch from Paradise, a scroll,[62] and a scepter[62] scroll stating "Ave Maria Gratia Plena"[a]
Gabriel Ferretti Franciscan habit[citation needed]
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows Passionist habit and Sign[citation needed]
Gaetana Sterni Religious habit[clarification needed][citation needed]
Gaetana Tolomeo Rosary[citation needed]
Gaetano Catanoso Priest's attire, Rosary[citation needed]
Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene Priest's cassock, nook[citation needed]
Gaetano Errico Crucifix, Sacred Heart, Priest's cassock[citation needed]
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.[63]
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[citation needed]
Gaspar del Bufalo Priest's cassock[citation needed]
Gaspare Bertoni Priest's cassock[citation needed]
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 Brescia Bishop's vestment, miter, crosier[citation needed]
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 reaching his staff to a lame man; bishop with a skull wearing a papal tiara near him or on a book; bishop with the Virgin Mary appearing to him[citation needed]
Geltrude Comensoli holding a Monstrance, Genuflecting or Kneeling to the Blessed Sacrament[citation needed]
Geminianus bishop holding a mirror in which the Virgin Mary is reflected; a bishop holding a model of the town of San Gimignano; a man calming a storm at sea; or a man exorcising the daughter of the Byzantine emperor Jovian.[citation needed]
Gemma Galgani Passionist robe, flowers (lilies and roses), crucifix, stigmata, heavenward gaze, passionist sign[citation needed]
Genesius of Arles palm of martyrdom; scroll[citation needed]
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]
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[64][b]
Ghébrē-Michael Palm branch[citation needed]
Ghislain represented with a bear or bear's cub beside him, sometimes portrayed holding a church[65]
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[66]
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[67]
Godelieve crown, well, being strangled[68][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[69]
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]

H[edit]

H
Saint Symbol
Habakkuk Prophet[citation needed]
Hannah elderly, praying to God for a child
Helena Stollenwerk Religious habit[clarification needed][citation needed]
Helena wearing a royal crown while supporting a cross[a]
Hemma of Gurk noble attire, with either a model of a church, a legal deed or a rose, or distributing alms[citation needed]
Hemming of Turku Bishop's attire, crozier[citation needed]
Hendrina Stenmanns Religious habit[clarification needed]
Henriette Aymer de La Chevalerie Religious habit[clarification needed], rosary[citation needed]
Hermagoras of Aquileia bishop's vestments[citation needed]
Herman of Alaska monk's habit, flowing white beard, sometimes wearing a wrought iron cross and chains about his chest[citation needed]
Hermann Joseph kneeling before a statue of the Virgin and Child and offering an apple[a]
Hermenegild axe, crown, sword, and cross [b][70]
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 or his child guide[citation needed]
Hilary of Poitiers episcopal vestments, crozier, beard, usually white and often long[b][71]
Hilda of Whitby crozier, Whitby Abbey[citation needed]
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 [72]
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 gear nearby; 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 Lantern, three flowers[citation needed]
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[73]
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[74][b]
Hyacintha Mariscotti Religious habit[clarification needed][citation needed]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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.

References[edit]

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  3. ^ "Eastern Orthodox and Catholic teaching about Icons".
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