angels in art
Angels are seldom represented before the time of Constantine the Great; the oldest fresco in which an angel appears is a 2nd-century Annunciation. The winged angel does not appear until the 4th century. At first angels were not represented unless historically necessary, but after the 5th century they become favourite subjects, and were painted as attendants on the principal figures of a picture.
As an emblem in art, angels are associated with
- Blessed Columba of Rieti
- Blessed Osanna Andreasi
- Raphael the Archangel
- Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
- Saint Colette
- Saint Comgall of Bangor
- Saint Felix of Nola
- Saint Frances of Rome
- Saint Hilda of Whitby
- Saint Hubert of Liege
- Saint Humbert of Pelagius
- Saint Ivo of Kermartin
- Saint Kevin of Glendalough
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Saint Roch
- Saint Saturninus of Toulouse
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint Ulric of Augsburg
- Saint Vincent Ferrer
- Saint Walburga
