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Emblem in art associated with

  • Saint Yves, typifying his youthful devotion
  • Saint Barbara, symbolizing her promise that those devoted to her shall not die without the Sacraments
  • Saint Clare of Assisi, who by holding a monstrance before the advancing Saracens miraculously dispersed them

Saint Barbara and Saint Clare are the only female saints bearing this attribute.

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