book
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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 Agnes of Montepulciano
- Saint Ambrose of Milan
- Saint Andeolus of Smyrna
- Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
- Saint Anne
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Saint Anthony the Abbot
- Saint Athanasius of Alexandria
- Saint Basil the Great
- Saint Boniface
- Saint Bridget of Sweden
- Saint Columbanus
- Saint Felicity of Rome
- Saint Fortunatus of Aquileia
- Saint Frances of Rome
- Saint Francis de Sales
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola
- Saint Isidore of Seville
- Saint Ivo of Kermartin
- Saint James the Greater
- Saint James the Lesser
- Saint John the Apostle
- Saint Jude Thaddeus
- Saint Lawrence of Rome
- Saint Louis of Toulouse
- Saint Luke the Evangelist
- Saint Margaret of Hungary
- Saint Mark the Evangelist
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- 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 Stephen the Martyr
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint Ursicinus of Saint-Ursanne
- Saint Vincent Ferrer
- Saint Wiborada of Gall
See also the patrons of
