Emblem in art associated with
- Saint Ambrose of Milan
- Saint Blandina; it was the means of her martyrdom
- Saint Eustachius who was martyred with his family in a bronze bull
- Saint Luke, symbolic of sacrifice and thus of death on the Cross
- Saint Saturninus who was martyred by being dragged to death by a bull
- Saint Thomas Aquinas, who was called The Dumb Ox for his early problems at school
New Catholic Dictionary