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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.

Associated in emblem in Art With

• Blessed Agnes of Assisi
• Blessed Ambrose Sansedoni of Siena
• Blessed Augustine Novello
• Blessed Bonaventure Tornielli
• Blessed Columba of Rieti
• Blessed Francis Patrizzi
• Blessed James Salomone
• Blessed Joachim Piccolomini
• Blessed John van Ruysbroeck
• Blessed Jordan of Saxony
• Blessed Notkar Balbulus
• Blessed Peter Paschal
• Pope Saint Dionysius
• Saint Abraham the Poor
• Saint Adamnan of Iona
• Saint Ado of Vienne
• Saint Aelred of Rievaulx
• Saint Agnes of Montepulciano
• Saint Agrippina of Rome
• Saint Albert the Great
• Saint Aldhelm of Sherborne
• Saint Amalburga
• Saint Ambrose of Milan
• Saint Anatolius of Alexandria
• Saint Andeolus of Smyrna
• Saint Andrew of Crete
• Saint Angela Merici
• Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
• Saint Anne
• Saint Anthony of Padua
• Saint Anthony the Abbot
• Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
• Saint Augustine of Hippo
• Saint Barnabas the Apostle
• Saint Basil the Great
• Saint Beatus of Lungern
• Saint Bede the Venerable
• Saint Benno of Meissen
• Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
• Saint Boniface
• Saint Bridget of Sweden
• Saint Bruno
• Saint Colman of Stockerau
• Saint Columba of Sens
• Saint Columbanus
• Saint Disibod of Disenberg
• Saint Dominic of Silos
• Saint Edith of Wilton
• Saint Elizabeth of Schönau
• Saint Ephrem of Syria
• Saint Erhard of Regensburg
• Saint Ermin of Lobbes
• Saint Eulalia of Barcelona
• Saint Fortunatus of Aquileia
• Saint Frances of Rome
• Saint Francis de Sales
• Saint Fridolin
• Saint Gregory of Nazianzen
• Saint Guy of Anderlecht
• Saint Helena
• Saint Ignatius of Loyola
• Saint Isidore of Seville
• Saint Ivo of Kermartin
• Saint James the Greater
• Saint James the Lesser
• Saint Jerome
• Saint John Berchmans
• Saint John Calabytes
• Saint John Climacus
• Saint John the Apostle
• Saint Jude Thaddeus
• Saint Landericus of Soignies
• Saint Lawrence of Rome
• Saint Liborius of Le Mans
• 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 Maurus of Bisceglia
• Saint Nicholas of Myra
• Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
• Saint Odilia of Alsace
• Saint Paul the Apostle
• Saint Peter Canisius
• Saint Peter Gonzales
• Saint Peter the Apostle
• Saint Philip the Apostle
• Saint Raymond of Penyafort
• Saint Remigius of Rheims
• Saint Stephen the Martyr
• Saint Teresa of Avila
• Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Saint Urban of Langres
• Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
• Saint Ursus of Aosta
• Saint Venantius of Camerino
• Saint Vincent Ferrer
• Saint Vincent of Saragossa
• Saint Walburga
• Saint Wiborada of Gall

Additional Information

• patrons of bookbinders
• patrons of book sellers
• patrons of writers

MLA Citation

• “book”. Emblems of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 December 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <>