eagle
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In art it is associated with
- Our Lord, who could gaze undazzled upon the glory of God, the Father, as an eagle at the sun
- Baptism by early Christians
- Saint Augustine of Hippo as a symbol of inspiration
- Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, who was fed by an eagle
- Saint Florian of Lorch, whose corpse was protected from abuse by an eagle
- Saint John of the Cross as a symbol of inspiration
- Saint John the Evangelist as a symbol of inspiration and the Holy Ghost
- Saint Juan Diego, whose birth name means “the eagle who speaks”
- Saint Medard of Noyon, who was sheltered from the weather by a hovering eagle
- Saint Ruggero of Canne, who was sheltered in his travels by an eagle
- Saint Servatus, who was sheltered from the sun by an eagle while he travelled as a pilgrim
- Saint Wenceslaus, due to his association with Bohemia
