Dec 262008
Article
As an emblem, it usually indicates that the person is a soldier, or died by the sword.
Associated in Art with
- Blessed Charles the Good
- Michael the Archangel
- Our Lady of Sorrows
- Saint Abraham of Abela
- Saint Abraham the Martyr
- Saint Accursies of Morocco
- Saint Agapitus the Martyr
- Saint Agnes of Rome
- Saint Alban of Britain
- Saint Albert of Louvain
- Saint Alkmund of Northumbria
- Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
- Saint Apollinaris of Ravenna
- Saint Aquilinus of Milan
- Saint Augusta of Treviso
- Saint Barsanuphius of Gaza
- Saint Bavo of Ghent
- Saint Boniface
- Saint Clydog
- Saint Donatus of Arezzo
- Saint Dymphna
- Saint Edmund of East Anglia
- Saint Edward the Martyr
- Saint Engelbert of Cologne
- Saint Ephysius of Sardinia
- Saint Euphemia of Chalcedon
- Saint Faith
- Saint Felicity of Carthage
- Saint Florian of Lorch
- Saint Foillan of Fosses
- Saint Frederick of Utrecht
- Saint Gengulphus of Burgundy
- Saint Gervase
- Saint James the Greater
- Saint Jude Thaddeus
- Saint Juvenal of Narni
- Saint Leopold III
- Saint Martin of Tours
- Saint Mary of Egypt
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Saint Nicasius of Rheims
- Saint Olaf II
- Saint Oswald of Northumbria
- Saint Ottone Frangipane
- Saint Paul the Apostle
- Saint Perpetua
- Saint Prisca of Rome
- Saint Protase
- Saint Sabinian of Troyes
- Saint Secundus of Asti
- Saint Sigismund of Burgundy
- Saint Stanislaus of Cracow
- Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Saint Thomas a Becket
- Saint Torpes of Pisa
- Saint Valentine of Rome
- Saint Winifred of Wales
MLA Citation
- “sword”. Emblems of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 December 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <>