The Saints and Their Symbols
compiled by: Shonnie Scarola
- 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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