The Saints and Their Symbols

compiled by: Shonnie Scarola

used with permission.

Acathius: crown of thorns
Agatha: tongs, veil
Agnes: lamb
Ambrose: bees, dove, ox,pen
Andrew: transverse cross
Anne, grandmother of Jesus: door
Anthony of Padua: Infant Jesus, bread, book, lily
Augustine of Hippo: dove, child, shell, pen
Barbara: tower, cyborium
Bartholomew: knife
Benedict: broken cup, raven, bell, crosier,bush
Bernard of Clairvaux: pen, bees, instruments of the Passion
Bernardine of Siena: tablet or sun inscribed with IHS
Blaise: wax, taper (candle), iron comb
Bonaventure: communion, ciborium, cardinal's hat
Boniface: oak, ax, book, fox, scourge,fountain, raven, sword
Bridget of Sweden: book, pilgrim's staff
Catherine: broken wheel
Catherine of Ricci: ring, crown, crucifix
Catherine of Siena: stigmata, cross, ring, lily
Cecilia: organ
Charles Borromeo: communion
Christopher: giant, torrent, tree, Child Jesus o shoulder
Clare of Assisi: monstrance
Cosmas and Damian: a phial, box of ointment
Cyriacus: deacon's vestments
Denis: head in hands
Dominic: rosary, star
Elizabeth of Hungary: alms, flowers, bread, the poor, pitcher
Erasmus: windlass
Eustace: hunting clothes, stag
Francis of Assisi: wolf,birds, fish,skull, stigmata
Francis Xavier: crucifix, bell, vessel
Genevieve: bread, keys, herd, cattle
George: dragon
Gertrude: crown, taper, lily
Giles: Benedictine habit, hind
Gregory I, the Great: tiara, crosier, dove
Helena: cross
Ignatius of Loyola: communion, chasuble, book
Isadore: bees, pen
James the Greater: pilgrim's staff, shell, key, sword
James the Less: square rule, halberd, club
Jerome: lion
John Berchmans: Rule of Saint Ignatius, cross, rosary
John Chrysotom: bees, dove, pen
John of God: alms, a heart, crown of thorns
John the Baptist: lamb, head on a platter, animal skin
John the Evangelist: eagle, chalice, kettle, armor
Joseph, spouse of Mary: Infant Jesus, lily, rod, plane,carpenter's square
Jude: a sword, square rule, club
Justin Martyr: ax, sword
Lawrence: cross, book of the Gospels, gridiron
Leander of Seville: apen
Liborius: pebbles, peacock
Louis IX of France: crown of thorns, nails
Lucy: cord, eyes on a dish
Luke: ox, book, brush, palette
Margaret: dragon in chains
Mark: lion, book
Martha: holy water sprinkler, dragon
Matilda: purse, alms
Matthew: winged man, purse, lance
Maurus: scales, spade, crutch
Michael: scales, banner, sword, dragon
Monica: girdle, tears
Nicholas: three purses or balls, anchor, boat, child
Pantaleon: nailed hands
Patrick: cross, harp, serpent, baptismal font, demons, shamrock
Paul: sword, book or scroll
Peter: keys, boat, cock
Philip the Apostle: column
Rita of Casica: rose, crucifix, thorn
Roch: angel, dog, bread
Rose of Lima: crown of thorns, anchor, city
Sebastian: arrows, crown
Teresa of Avila: heart, arrow, book
Therese of Lisieux: roses entwining a crucifix
Thomas Aquinas: chalice monstrance, dove, ox
Thomas the Apostle: lance, ax
Vincent de Paul: children
Vincent Ferer: pulpit, cardinal's hat, trumpet, captives
Vitus: cross

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