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Emblem in art associated with Apostles, Fathers and Doctors of the Church, Evangelists, and notable writers in general. In the hand of Evangelists and Apostles it is an attribute and represents the Gospel. In that of Doctors of the Church it signifies learning or works. In that of any other saint it may be the Gospel.
Saints and beati with books as their emblem in art include
- Blessed Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena
- Blessed Columba of Rieti
- Blessed Notkar Balbulus
- Saint Adamnan of Iona
- Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
- Saint Agrippina of Rome
- Saint Aldhelm of Sherborne
- Saint Amalburga
- Saint Ambrose of Milan
- Saint Andeolus of Smyrna
- Saint Andrew of Crete
- Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
- Saint Anne
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Saint Anthony the Abbot
- Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
- Saint Barnabas the Apostle
- Saint Basil the Great
- Saint Boniface
- Saint Bridget of Sweden
- Saint Colman of Stockerau
- Saint Columbanus
- Saint Dominic of Silos
- Saint Edmund Rich
- Saint Erhard of Regensburg
- Saint Felicity of Rome
- Saint Fortunatus of Aquileia
- Saint Frances of Rome
- Saint Francis de Sales
- Saint Fridolin
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Saint Isidore of Seville
- Saint Ivo of Kermartin
- Saint James the Greater
- Saint James the Lesser
- Saint John Berchmans
- Saint John the Apostle
- Saint Jude Thaddeus
- Saint Lawrence of Rome
- Saint Lioba of Bischofsheim
- Saint Louis of Toulouse
- Saint Luke the Evangelist
- Saint Malachy O'More
- Saint Margaret of Hungary
- Saint Mark the Evangelist
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Saint Maurus
- Saint Maximilian of Celeia
- Saint Nicholas of Myra
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
- Saint Odilia of Alsace
- Saint Paul the Apostle
- Saint Peter Canisius
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- Saint Philip the Apostle
- Saint Raymond of Penyafort
- Saint Remigius of Rheims
- Saint Seraphia the Martyr
- Saint Stephen the Martyr
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
- Saint Ursus of Aosta
- Saint Venantius of Camerino
- Saint Vincent Ferrer
- Saint Wiborada of Gall
See also the patrons of
