
For All the Saints : Parish Art Project Resources
Symbols of the Saints
Stumped on what to put on your “stained glass” window panel? You might consider using the traditional symbols for your “name saint,” as shown. Of course, you are more than welcome to use symbols that express your owns interests and journey as a Saint of God!
The following information is from Wikipedia.
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Acathius |
crown of thorns |
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Agatha |
tongs or shears, veil, bells, two breasts on a plate |
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Agnes |
lamb |
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Ambrose |
bees, beehive, dove, ox,pen |
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Andrew |
transverse cross |
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Anne, grandmother of Jesus |
door,book, red robe and green mantle |
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Anthony the Great |
monk's habit, bell, pig |
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Anthony of Padua |
Infant Jesus, bread, book, lily |
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Augustine of Hippo |
dove, child, shell, pen, book |
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Barbara |
tower, ciborium, cannon |
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Bartholomew |
knife |
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Benedict |
broken cup, raven, bell, crosier, bush |
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Bernard of Clairvaux |
pen, bees, instruments of the Passion |
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Bernardine of Siena |
tablet or sun inscribed with IHS, three mitres |
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Blaise |
wax, taper (candle), iron comb |
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Bonaventure |
communion, ciborium, cardinal's hat |
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Boniface |
oak, axe, book, fox, scourge,fountain, raven, sword |
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Bridget of Sweden |
book, pilgrim's staff |
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Brigid of Kildare |
cow |
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Catherine |
wheel, a crown |
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Catherine of Ricci |
ring, crown, crucifix |
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Catherine of Siena |
stigmata, cross, ring, lily |
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Cecilia |
organ |
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Charles Borromeo |
cardinal's robes, communion |
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Christopher |
giant crudely dressed, torrent, tree, branch or large staff, Carrying the Child Jesus on shoulder |
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Clare of Assisi |
monstrance |
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Clement |
anchor, fish, Mariner's Cross |
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Corbinian |
saddled bear |
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Cosmas and Damian |
a phial, box of ointment |
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Cyriacus |
deacon's vestments |
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Daniel |
lion |
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Denis |
head in hands |
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David of Wales |
harp |
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Dorothy of Caesarea |
flowers |
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Dominic |
rosary, star |
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Edmund the Martyr |
quiver of arrows |
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Saint 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 |
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Elijah |
cave |
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Elizabeth of Hungary |
alms, flowers, bread, the poor, pitcher |
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Emilianus |
monk on horseback |
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Elizabeth of Portugal |
crown |
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Erasmus |
windlass |
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Eustace |
hunting clothes, stag, bull, crucifix, horn, oven |
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Francis of Assisi |
wolf,birds, fish, skull, stigmata |
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Francis Xavier |
crucifix, bell, vessel[disambiguation needed] |
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Gabriel |
is archangel, trumpet, armour, wings, scroll stating "Ave Maria Gratia Plena" |
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Genevieve |
bread, keys, herd, cattle |
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George |
dragon,soldier or knight in armour, often on white horse, especially in the East |
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Gertrude of Nivelles |
crown, taper, lily,mouse |
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Giles |
Benedictine habit, hind |
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Gregory the Great |
Papal Tiara, crosier, dove (often portrayed at his ear) |
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Helena |
cross |
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Hippolytus of Rome |
papal tiara |
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Hippolytus the soldier |
military garb, horse's harness |
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Honoratus of Amiens |
baker's peel or shovel; bishop with a large Host; bishop with three Hosts on a baker's shovel; loaves |
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Ignatius of Antioch |
a bishop surrounded by lions or in chains |
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Ignatius of Loyola |
Eucharist, chasuble, book, cross. |
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Saint Iria |
palm of martyrdom |
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Isidore |
bees, pen, book |
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Ivo of Kermartin |
depicted as a lawyer, holding a document, in legal dress. |
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James, son of Zebedee |
pilgrim's staff, scallop shell, key, sword |
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James, son of Alphaeus / James the Just |
square rule, halberd, club, saw |
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Jerome |
lion, cardinal clothing, cross, skull, books and writing material |
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Joan of Arc |
shield, Cross of Lorraine |
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Joanna |
lamb |
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John Berchmans |
Rule of Saint Ignatius, cross, rosary |
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John Chrysostom |
bees, dove, pen |
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John of God |
alms, heart, crown of thorns |
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John the Baptist |
lamb, head on a platter, animal skin (the camel-skin coat of the Gospels), often portrayed carryiing a long crudely made cross |
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John the Evangelist |
eagle, chalice sometimes with a snake in it, kettle, book |
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Joseph, spouse of Mary |
Infant Jesus, lily, rod, plane,carpenter's square |
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Jude |
sword, square rule, club, ship |
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Justin Martyr |
axe, sword |
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Juthwara |
round soft cheese |
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Knut of Denmark |
Nordic king with royal insignia, dagger, lance or arrow. |
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Lawrence |
cross, book of the Gospels, gridiron, palm frond, purse of money |
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Leander of Seville |
pen |
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Leonard of Noblac |
lock, chain, manacles or fetters |
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Liborius |
pebbles, peacock |
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Louis IX of France |
crown of thorns, nails |
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Lucy |
cord, eyes on a dish, lamp |
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Luke |
ox, book, brush, palette |
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Margaret |
dragon in chains |
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Mark |
winged lion, book |
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Martha |
holy water sprinkler, dragon |
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Martin of Tours |
goose |
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Mary Magdalene |
jar of ointment |
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Matilda |
purse, alms |
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Matthew |
winged man, purse, lance |
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Maurus |
scales, spade, crutch |
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Michael |
scales, banner, sword, dragon |
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Monica |
girdle, tears |
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Nicholas |
three purses or balls, anchor, boat, child |
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Oda of Scotland |
depicted wearing a long blue gown with one shoulder bare; usually carries a staff or a book; always shown with a magpie on her hand and a crown under her feet |
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Pantaleon |
nailed hands |
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Patrick |
cross, harp, serpent, baptismal font, demons, shamrock |
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Paul |
sword, book or scroll, horse |
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Peter |
keys, boat, rooster, short silver hair |
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Petronilla |
set of keys, dolphin |
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Philip the Apostle |
column |
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Philip Neri |
lily |
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Philomena |
anchor |
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Quentin |
Seven-pointed star |
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Quiteria |
depicted with a dog on a lead; depicted with her head in her hands, emerging from the sea. |
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Raphael |
fish |
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Rita of Casica |
roses, roses and figs,crucifix, thorn, sometimes with a wound in her forehead |
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Roch |
angel, dog, bread |
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Rose of Lima |
crown of thorns, anchor, city |
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Sebastian |
arrows, crown |
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Simon |
crossed oars, saw |
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Teresa of Avila |
heart, arrow, book |
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Theodore |
crocodile |
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Therese of Lisieux |
roses entwining a crucifix |
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Thomas Aquinas |
chalice monstrance, dove, ox |
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Thomas the Apostle |
lance, axe |
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Thomas More |
axe |
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Tudwal |
dragon |
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Urban |
portrayed in art after his beheading, with the papal tiara near him |
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Urban of Langres |
bishop with a bunch of grapes or a vine at his side; a book with a wine vessel on it |
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Ursicinus |
book and fleur-de-lys |
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Ursus of Aosta |
birds on his shoulder; wearing fur pelisse in a religious habit |
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Vedastus |
wolf carrying a goose in its mouth; child; bear |
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Victor of Marseilles |
windmill |
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Vincent de Paul |
children |
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Vincent Ferrer |
pulpit, cardinal's hat, trumpet, captives |
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Vitus |
cross |
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William of Montevergine |
wolf and pastoral crook |
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Winnoc |
hand-mill, bridge, grinding corn |
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Wolfgang of Regensburg |
a church building with an adze lodged in the roof, a wolf |
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Francis Xavier |
crab with a cross |
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Yrieix |
Bishop's Mitre |
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Zachary |
Making peace with King Luitprand. Sometimes he may have an olive branch and a dove over him |
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Zenobius |
flowering tree; bringing a dead man or child back to life |