goose

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Another of the birds sometimes seen as a emblem in Christian art. The bird has little theological meaning and would refer to some incident in the subject’s life.

Profiled Saints associated in art with a goose or geese

• Saint Amalburga
• Saint Cerbonius of Populonia
• Saint Kevin of Glendalough
• Saint Martin I, Pope (may be confusion with Saint Martin of Tours)
• Saint Martin of Tours
• Saint Tryphon
• Saint Ulric of Augsburg (cooked goose which was given to a messenger; on Friday it turned into fish so he could continue to eat it)
• Saint Vaast of Arras (being brought a goose by a wolf)
• Saint Werburgh of Chester

MLA Citation

• “goose”. Emblems of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 August 2010. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/goose/>