Saint symbolism: Saints (Q–Z)

Saint symbolism has been used from the very beginnings of the religion.^[1] Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to tell these stories throughout the history of the Church.^[2] A number of Christian saints are traditionally represented by a symbol or iconic motif associated with their life, termed an attribute or emblem, to identify them. The study of these forms part of iconography in art history.^[3] They were particularly used so that the illiterate could recognize a scene, and to give each of the Saints something of a personality in art.^[2] They are often carried in the hand by the Saint.

Attributes often vary with either time or geography, especially between Eastern Christianity and the West. Orthodox images more often contained inscriptions with the names of saints, so the Eastern repertoire of attributes is generally smaller than the Western.^[c] Many of the most prominent saints, like Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist can also be recognised by a distinctive facial type. Some attributes are general, such as the martyr's palm.^[4] The use of a symbol in a work of art depicting a Saint reminds people who is being shown and of their story. The following is a list of some of these attributes.

Saints listed by name

Saints (A–H)

Saints (I–P)

Q

Saint Quentin with two spits
The arms of Roetgen showing the symbol of Quirinus, the patron saint of Rott, who killed a dragon with a crossed-spear

Saint	Symbol
Quentin	Two spits; vestments of a deacon; with a broken wheel; with a chair to which he is transfixed; with a sword or beheaded, a dove flying from his severed head^[a]^[5]
Quiricus	naked child riding on a wild boar^[a]
Quirico Pignalberi	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Quirinus of Malmedy	vestments of a priest celebrating mass, dragon^[6]
Quirinus of Neuss	military attire; knight with lance, sword, hawk; banner or sign with nine balls^[a]^[7]
Quirinus of Sescia	millstone hanging from his neck^[b]^[8]
Quirinus of Tegernsee	orb, scepter^[9]
Quiteria	palm of martyrdom, with a dog on a lead, with her head in her hands, emerging from the sea^[a]

R

Saint Roch showing his plague mark
Saint Rita of Cascia with her forehead wound
Saint Remaclus
Justa and Rufina
Rosalia
Romedius with a bear

Article title	Attributes
Rachilidis	Benedictine nun^{[citation needed]}
Rafael Arnaiz Barón	Trappist habit^{[citation needed]}
Rafael Guízar y Valencia	Bishop's attire^{[citation needed]}
Rafaél Manuel Almansa Riaño	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Rafaela Porras Ayllón	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Rainerius	depicted as a bearded hermit in a hairshirt holding a rosary; as a young pilgrim in a hairshirt carrying a banner with the Pisan cross; as being raised up by devils; or as dying in a hairshirt.^{[citation needed]}
Ralph Sherwin	Martyr's palm, banner with the words, "Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus!"^{[citation needed]}
Randoald of Grandval	Monastic habit, Martyr's palm, spear^{[citation needed]}
Raphael (archangel)	Archangel holding a bottle or flask; Archangel walking with Tobias; Archangel sounding a trumpet; young man carrying a fish; young man carrying a staff^[b]
Rasso	military attire^{[citation needed]}
Rasyphus and Ravennus	palms of martyrdom^{[citation needed]}
Raymond Nonnatus	A Mercedarian friar wearing a cardinal's red mozzetta, holding a monstrance and a martyr's palm branch^[10]
Raymond of Capua	Dominican habit^{[citation needed]}
Raymond of Penyafort	skimming across the sea with his cape as both boat and sail^[11]
Raynald of Nocera	Mitre and Crosier^{[citation needed]}
Regina (martyr)	depicted as experiencing the torments of martyrdom, or as receiving spiritual consolation in prison by a vision of a dove on a luminous cross.^{[citation needed]}
Reineldis	sword or pilgrim's staff^{[citation needed]}
Reinold	Benedictine monk^{[citation needed]}
Remaclus	Generally accompanied by a wolf^{[citation needed]}
Remigius	dove, book, lamp^[b]
Reparata	Standing alone or near St. Mary, bearing a martyr's crown and palm; a dove; a banner with a red cross on a white field; sometimes depicted with St. Ansanus^[12]
Reverianus	Depicted as a cephalophore (holding his head in his hands)^{[citation needed]}
Richard Henkes	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Richardis	dressed in Imperial robes with crown and palm, and surrounded by flames; dressed as a nun, with crown laid aside, and burning pieces of wood, as well as a bear and a ploughshare^{[citation needed]}
Richard	bishop with overturned chalice^[a]
Rita Lopes de Almeida	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Rita of Cascia	roses, roses and figs, crucifix, thorn, robe of a widow or Augustinian habit sometimes with a wound or the marks of a thorn crown on her forehead^[a]
Robert de Turlande	Benedictine habit, staff^{[citation needed]}
Robert Nutter	Dominican friar, Palm of Martyrdom, a hangman's noose^{[citation needed]}
Robert of Newminster	depicted as an abbot holding a church^{[citation needed]}
Roch	Wound on thigh (plague mark), dog offering bread, Pilgrim's hat, Pilgrim's staff, angel^[a]
Roger of Cannae	eagle, Pontifical vestments^{[citation needed]}
Rolando Rivi	Cassock, Cappello Romano^{[citation needed]}
Roman of Đunis	Depicted wearing a monastic habit, gray bearded, clutching unfurled scroll with rosary or holding a gospel book^{[citation needed]}
Romano Bottegal	Trappist habit^{[citation needed]}
Romanos the Melodist	Young man vested as a deacon, standing on a raised platform in the middle of a church, holding a scroll with his Kontakion of the Nativity written on it. He is surrounded by the Patriarch, the Emperor, and members of the congregation. His icon is often a combined with that of The Protection of the Mother of God, which falls on the same day. Sometimes he is depicted as a deacon holding a censer in his right hand and a small model of a church in his left.^{[citation needed]}
Romedius	depicted riding a bear, alongside a tamed bear^{[citation needed]}
Romulus of Fiesole	depicted with a wolf due to confusion with the legend of Romulus and Remus;^[13] bishop with an arrow broken above his breast; depicted at martyrdom of 4 companions or enthroned among four martyrs^[14]
Romulus of Genoa	depicted with episcopal dress and a sword in hand^{[citation needed]}
Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño	Nun's habit^{[citation needed]}
Rosa Francisca Dolors Molas Vallvé	Nun's habit^{[citation needed]}
Rosa Maria Benedetta Gattorno Custo	Nun's habit, crucifix, rosary, stigmata
Rosalia	Depicted as a young woman, sometimes holding roses, a cross, book, or skull, and sometimes a spray of lilies.^[15] Some images show her holding a chisel and hammer with which she carved her own dedication. She is also seen wearing a crown of roses, attended by winged angels, and often with a view through a cave opening of Palermo Harbor.^{[citation needed]}, sometimes she is being crowned by the Divine infant^[b]
Rose of Lima	crown of thorns, anchor, city, roses, crown of roses, sometimes wearing habit of the Dominican order ^[a], rosids
Rose of Viterbo	A young woman with a crown of roses, holding a crucifix^{[citation needed]}
Róża Czacka	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Rudolf Komórek	Cassock^{[citation needed]}
Rufina and Justa	a model of the Giralda; earthenware pots, bowls and platters; books on which are two lumps of potter's clay; palm of martyrdom; lion^[b], two maidens floating in the Tiber River with weights attached to their necks.^{[citation needed]}
Rumbold of Mechelen	Depicted as a bishop with a missioner's cross^{[clarification needed]}, or a bearded man with a hoe lying under his feet. He may also be shown murdered near a coffer of money^{[citation needed]}
Rupert of Salzburg	Holding a container of salt; wearing clerical clothes including mitre; holding a crosier^{[citation needed]}

S

St. Stephen the Martyr depicted in a dalmatic, with three stones and the martyr's palm
Saints Scholastica, Benedict and John the Evangelist

Article title	Attributes
Sabbas the Sanctified	Clothed as a monk, often holding a paterissa^{[citation needed]}
Sabinian of Troyes	With Patroclus of Troyes; man with throat pierced by a sword; with Saint Sabina of Troyes^[16]
Saints of the Cristero War	Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm, rosary^{[citation needed]}
Salome	Thurible^{[citation needed]}
Salomone Leclercq	Christian Brothers habit, Palm branch^{[citation needed]}
Salonius	Bishop vestment, miter, crosier^{[citation needed]}
Salvatore Micalizzi	Cassock^{[citation needed]}
Salvius of Amiens	Bishop with a casket of relics of Saint Firminus of Amiens^{[citation needed]}
Samuel of Waldebba	Riding a lion^{[citation needed]}
Samuel the Confessor	Monk with one eye^{[citation needed]}
Satoko Kitahara	Rosary^{[citation needed]}
Saturnin	A bishop's mitre, a bishop being dragged by a bull, a bull^{[citation needed]}
Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Saturnino López Novoa	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Sativola	scythe, well^[a]
Sava of Serbia	book^[a]
Sava Trlajić	Vested as a bishop^{[citation needed]}
Scholastica	Habit of a Benedictine nun, dove, Rule of St. Benedict, crozier of an abbess^[17]
Sebaldus	pilgrim with the staff and the cap and the beard; later represented with the model of his church; sometimes depicted with the coats of arms of the reigning Houses of France and Denmark^{[citation needed]}
Sebastian	Tied to a post, pillar or a tree, shot by arrows, crown^[a]
Sebastián de Aparicio	Oxcart with oxen^{[citation needed]}
Sebastian Maggi	Dominican habit^{[citation needed]}
Secundus of Abula	episcopal attire^{[citation needed]}
Secundus of Asti	military attire, on horseback, sometimes depicted with Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion^{[citation needed]}
Selaphiel	Prayer, thurible^{[citation needed]}
Senhorinha of Basto	vessel, frog^{[citation needed]}
Septimius of Iesi	Episcopal attire^{[citation needed]}
Serafino Morazzone	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Seraphim of Sarov	Wearing peasant clothing, often kneeling with his hands upraised in prayer crucifix worn about his neck, hands crossed over chest^[a]
Seraphin of Montegranaro	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Serapion of Algiers	Palm branch, Mercedarian habit, Crucified in an x-position^{[citation needed]}
Serenidus of Saulges	wearing a cardinal's habit and red galero^[18]
Sergius and Bacchus	Depicted as two young soldiers^{[citation needed]}
Sergius of Radonezh	Dressed as a monk, sometimes with paterissa^{[citation needed]}
Servandus and Cermanus	Depicted as young soldiers^{[citation needed]}
Servatius of Tongeren	"Key of Saint Servatius", crozier, dragon (under his feet)^{[citation needed]}
Seventy disciples	Scroll, cross
Severin of Cologne	depicted coming from the cathedral to bless the poor^[c]
Severus of Avranches	Bishop with a nearby horse^{[citation needed]}
Severus of Barcelona	bishop with a nail or nails driven into his head^{[citation needed]}
Severus of Vienne	Holding a devil in a chain^[19]
Sicarius of Brantôme	Depicted as an infant^{[citation needed]}
Sidonius of Aix	Receiving sight from Jesus^{[citation needed]}
Sidwell	Scythe, Holy Well, Lammas^{[citation needed]}
Sigfrid of Sweden	bishop carrying three severed heads; bishop carrying three loaves of bread (misrepresentation of the heads); baptizing King Olof of Sweden; traveling in a ship with 2 other bishops; bishop menaced by devils^{[citation needed]}
Sigolena of Albi	Crosier^{[citation needed]}
Silas	Christian Martyrdom^{[citation needed]}
Silvanus of Ahun	dressed in a dalmatic, bearing a book and a palm.^[20]
Simeon	Depicted as an elderly man, sometimes vested as a Jewish priest, often holding the infant Jesus^{[citation needed]}
Simeon Stylites	Clothed as a monk in monastic habit, shown standing on top of his pillar^{[citation needed]}
Simón de Rojas	Priestly vestments with the Blue and Red cross of the Trinitarian Order^{[citation needed]}
Simon of Cyrene	Carrying Jesus’ Cross before His Crucifixion^{[citation needed]}
Simon of Trent	Youth, martyr's palm
Simon Stock	Carmelite friar holding a scapular^{[citation needed]}
Simon the Apostle	boat; cross and saw; fish (or two fish); lance; man being sawn in two longitudinally; oar^[21]
Simone Ballachi	Dominican habit^{[citation needed]}
Simpliciano of the Nativity	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix	Saint Simplicius is represented with a pennant, on the shield of which are three lilies, called the crest of Simplicius; the lilies are a symbol of purity of heart. Saint Beatrix has a cord in her hand, because she was strangled.^{[citation needed]}
Sister Lúcia	Visionary to the Marian apparitions at Fátima^{[citation needed]}
Solange	shepherdess in prayer^{[citation needed]}
Solanus Casey	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Solutor	Military attire^{[citation needed]}
Sophia of Rome	palm, book, trough, and sword
Sophie-Thérèse de Soubiran La Louvière	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Sophronius of Jerusalem	Vested as a bishop, with right hand upheld in blessing, holding a Gospel Book or scroll^{[citation needed]}
Spyridon	Vested as a bishop with omophorion, often holding a Gospel Book, with his right hand raised in blessing. Sometimes the image features a potsherd, or sprig of basil. Iconographically, he is depicted as tall, with a long, white forked beard, and wearing a woven, straw hat on his head – a traditional shepherd's hat and a representation that he was a shepherd of God's people.^[a]
Stanislaus of Szczepanów	Bishop's Vestments and insignia, sword^[a]
Stanisław Kazimierczyk	Habit of a canon^[a]
Stanislaus Kostka	Lily, Jesuit habit, Jesus, Most Blessed Sacrament
Stanislaus Papczyński	White habit, crucifix, Chaplet of the Ten Virtues of the B.V.M.^{[citation needed]}
Stanislav Nasadil	Martyr's palm^{[citation needed]}
Stanisław Kazimierczyk	Priest's cassock
Stefan Wincenty Frelichowski	Priest's attire, prisoner's uniform^{[citation needed]}
Stefan Wyszyński	Cardinal's attire^{[citation needed]}
Stephen Harding	Dressed in the Cistercian cowl, with miniature church model, holding abbot's crozier, holding the Carta Caritatis ("Charter of Charity"), a founding document for the Cistercian Order^{[citation needed]}
Stephen the Martyr	Red Martyr, stones, dalmatic, censer, miniature church, Gospel Book, martyr's palm.^[a] Vestments of a deacon, in Orthodox and Eastern Christianity he often wears an orarion^{[citation needed]}
Stephen of Hungary	Attire of a king, holding an orb or a sceptre with double cross^[22]
Stephen Nehmé	Religious habit, prayer rope^{[citation needed]}
Susanna	palm branch, sword^{[citation needed]}
Swithun	Bishop holding a bridge, broken eggs at his feet^[a]
Symeon the Metaphrast	Pen, Scroll, Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Symphorian and Timotheus	Symphorian is depicted as a young man being dragged to martyrdom while his mother encourages him^{[citation needed]}
Symphorosa	Seven sons, martyr's palm^{[citation needed]}
Syrus of Genoa	A blackbird^{[citation needed]}
Syrus of Pavia	bishop trampling a basilisk (symbol of Arianism) underfoot; bishop enthroned between two deacons; with Saint Juventius^{[citation needed]}
Szilárd Bogdánffy	solideo or bishop's cap and gown, palm^{[citation needed]}
Szymon of Lipnica	Franciscan habit

T

Christ with Saint Teresa of Avila, holding a thorn to pierce her heart
Saint Therese of Lisieux with her attributes

Article title	Attributes
Tadhg Mac Cárthaigh	mitre, pilgrim scallop^{[citation needed]}
Tarasios of Constantinople	Vested as a bishop with omophorion often holding a Gospel book with his right hand raised in blessing^{[citation needed]}
Tarcisius	Host, youth, wounds^{[citation needed]}
Tatiana of Rome	Shown holding a martyr's cross, or a plate with two eyes on it^{[citation needed]}
Tegulus	depicted as a soldier bearing a banner with the Mauritian Cross and the palm of martyrdom; spade^{[citation needed]}
Tekle Haymanot	Man with wings on his back and only one leg visible^{[citation needed]}
Ten thousand martyrs	Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm^{[citation needed]}
Teodora Fracasso	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Terence of Pesaro	Aging bishop; Young soldier holding a palm of martyrdom and a model of Pesaro^{[citation needed]}
Teresa Benedicta of the cross	habit of a Carmelite nun (sometimes with a yellow badge), cross, martyr's palm, book, Hebrew scroll, holding a tallit, burning bush
Teresa Grillo Michel	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Teresa Janina Kierocińska	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Teresa Jornet Ibars	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Teresa Manganiello	Crucifix, rosary^{[citation needed]}
Teresa of Ávila	habit of a Carmelite nun, holding a (fiery) pen, pierced heart, arrow^[a]
Teresa of the Andes	habit of a Carmelite nun, crucifix, crown of flowers^[a]
Theban Legion	large group of soldiers^{[citation needed]}
Theobald of Marly	knight bearing the arms of Thann; sometimes depicted wearing armor under his Cistercian habit with his miter at his feet^{[citation needed]}
Theobald of Provins	depicted as a hermit or as a knight^[23]
Theodard of Maastricht	sword^{[citation needed]}
Theodore	crocodile^[a]
Theodora (wife of Justinian I)	Imperial vestment^{[citation needed]}
Theodore Stratelates	Dressed as a warrior, with spear and shield, or as a civilian^{[citation needed]}
Theodore Tiron	Dressed as a soldier sometimes in court dress, with emblems such as a spear, temple, torch, dragon, pyre, martyr's wreath^{[citation needed]}
Theodorus and Theophanes	Hymnographer^{[citation needed]}
Theodosia of Constantinople	Martyr's cross, monastic habit, icon of Christ Pantocrator^{[citation needed]}
Theodosius (son of Maurice)	Imperial attire^{[citation needed]}
Theodosius of Kiev	Clothed as an Eastern Orthodox monk, sometimes with an hegumen's paterissa^{[citation needed]}
Theodotus of Ancyra (martyr)	torches; sword^{[citation needed]}
Theonestus of Vercelli	depicted as a soldier^[24]
Theophilus of Corte	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Thérèse Couderc	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Thérèse of Lisieux	Discalced Carmelite habit, many roses, sometimes entwining a crucifix^[a]
Thiemo	Spindle^{[citation needed]}
Thillo	Benedictine abbot holding a chalice and a pastoral staff^[25]
Thomas Aquinas	The Summa theologiae, a model church, the sun on the chest of a Dominican friar, monstrance, dove, ox^[a]
Thomas Becket	sword, and wearing chancellor's robe and neck chain^[a]
Thomas Garnet	Jesuit habit, martyr's palm^{[citation needed]}
Thomas More	dressed in the robe of the Chancellor and wearing the Collar of Esses^{[citation needed]}; axe^[a]
Thomas of Celano	Crucifix, Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Thomas of Villanova	A bishop distributing alms to the poor^{[citation needed]}
Thomas Saleh	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Thomas Sherwood (martyr)	holding a scroll^{[citation needed]}
Thomas the Apostle	The Twin, placing his finger in the side of Christ, nelumbo nucifera, spear (means of his Christian martyrdom), square ^{[citation needed]}
Three Holy Hierarchs	Vested as bishops, wearing omophoria; raising right hand in blessing; holding Gospel Books or scrolls
Three Martyrs of Chimbote	Franciscan habit, Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Thyrsus	bucksaw^{[citation needed]}
Tiburcio Arnáiz Muñoz	Priest's attire^{[citation needed]}
Tikhon of Zadonsk	Vested as a bishop, often holding a Gospel Book or scroll, with his right hand raised in blessing^{[citation needed]}
Timothy	pastoral staff,^[26] three stones and a clubclub and stones; broken image of Diana^[27]
Tiridates III of Armenia	Crown, sword, cross, Globus cruciger^{[citation needed]}
Titian of Oderzo	episcopal attire^{[citation needed]}
Titus Brandsma	Calced Carmelite habit, Nazi concentration camp badge, Martyr's palm^{[citation needed]}
Tomasa Ortiz Real	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Tommaso Bellacci	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Tommaso da Cori	Franciscan habit, Crucifix^{[citation needed]}
Tommaso da Olera	Capuchin habit^{[citation needed]}
Tommaso Maria Fusco	Crucifix, Zucchetto^{[citation needed]}
Tommaso Riccardi	Priest's cassock, Crucifix\|Bible^{[citation needed]}
Toribio Romo González	Black cassock, martyr's palm, Eucharist^{[citation needed]}
Torpes of Pisa	palm of martyrdom; sword; boat^{[citation needed]}
Trophimus of Arles	bishop carrying his eyes; bishop having his eyes put out; bishop standing with lions^[28]
Trudpert	axe,^[a] palm of martyrdom^{[citation needed]}
Tryphine	beheaded woman^{[citation needed]}
Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha	falcon^{[citation needed]}
Tudwal	bishop holding a dragon^[a]
Turibius of Astorga	mitre^{[citation needed]}

U

Saint Urban with grapes
Saint Ursus with birds on his shoulder

Saint	Symbol
Ubald	Bishop giving a blessing as angels carry his crozier; bishop delivering a blessing while a devil flees from it; holding a scale model of Gubbio^{[citation needed]}
Ugolino da Gualdo Cattaneo	Augustinian habit^{[citation needed]}
Ulphia	depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her^{[citation needed]}
Ulrich of Augsburg	vestments of a bishop, holding a fish; at dinner with Saint Wolfgang; rewarding a messenger with a goose leg; giving a garment to a beggar; with Saint Afra; riding through a river on horseback as his companion sinks; with a cross given him by an angel^[29]
Ulrika Nisch	Religious habit of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl
Umiliana de' Cerchi	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Urban	portrayed in art after his beheading, with the papal tiara near him^[a]
Urban V	Papal vestments, Papal tiara^{[citation needed]}
Urban of Langres	vestments of a bishop, with a bunch of grapes or a vine at his side; a book with a wine vessel on it^[a]
Uriel	Archangel; Fire in palm; Carrying a book, a scroll, a flaming sword, a disc of the sun, and a celestial orb or disc of stars and constellations; Holding a chalice (only in Ethiopian Orthodox tradition).^{[citation needed]}
Ursicinus	abbot with three lilies in his hand or holding a book and fleur-de-lys, surrounded by fleur-de-lys^[a]
Ursula	arrow; banner; cloak; shot with arrows, accompanied by a varied number of virgins who are being martyred in various ways; standing on a ship with her companions^[a]
Ursula Ledóchowska	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Ursus of Aosta	archdeacon with a staff and book, bearing birds on his shoulder; wearing fur pelisse in a religious habit; striking water from a rock; or giving shoes to the poor.^{[citation needed]}
Ursus of Solothurn	military attire^{[citation needed]}

V

The Veil of Veronica
Vigilius with a shoe
Vitalis of Milan between Saints Gervasius and Protasius
Vitus with a rooster

Article title	Attributes
Valentine	birds; roses; vestments of a priest or a bishop; with a crippled person or a child with epilepsy at his feet; rooster; being beheaded; bearing a sword; holding a sun; giving sight to a blind girl^[30]
Valentine of Passau	bishop preaching to pagans^{[citation needed]}
Valeria of Milan	With Saint Vitalis, Saint Gervasius and Saint Protasius; being beaten with clubs^{[citation needed]}
Valinhos (Fátima)	Archangel carrying the Portuguese Shield^{[citation needed]}
Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Vasyl Velychkovsky	incorruptibility^{[citation needed]}
Vedast	wolf carrying a goose in its mouth; child; bear^[a]
Venantius of Camerino	young man crucified upside-down with smoke coming from his head; young man holding the citadel of Camerino; young man holding the city of Camerino, a palm, and a book; young man with a banner^{[citation needed]}
Venera	crown; book; palm; cross; martyr's palm interlaced with a triple crown (signifying the fact that she was a Virgin, an Apostle, and a Martyr)^[31]^[32]
Veranus of Cavaillon	episcopal attire^{[citation needed]}
Verdiana	snakes^[a], depicted as a nun preaching to snakes^{[citation needed]}
Verena of Zurzach	jar and bread, comb^{[citation needed]}
Veronica	Veil of Veronica^[a]
Veronica Antal	Palm of martyrdom^{[citation needed]}
Veronica Giuliani	Crowned with thorns and embracing a crucifix^{[citation needed]}
Vicelinus	Church resting on his left arm^{[citation needed]}
Vicenta Chávez Orozco	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Vicenta María López i Vicuña	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Vicente Garrido Pastor	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Vicente Liem de la Paz	book, palm, hood, rosary, academic birreta, dalmatic^{[citation needed]}
Victor of Marseilles	windmill^[a]
Victoire Rasoamanarivo	Rosary^{[citation needed]}
Victor Emilio Moscoso Cárdenas	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Victor Maurus	man being thrown into a furnace; man roasted in an oven; Moorish soldier trampling on a broken altar^{[citation needed]}
Victor of Marseilles	Depicted as a Roman soldier with a millstone; depicted overthrowing a statue of Jupiter; in stocks, comforted by angels; scourged and crushed by a millstone; or with his body beheaded and flung into the river, from which the angels take it;^[33] depicted with windmill
Victoria	with Saint Acisclus, her brother,^[34] crowned with roses, arrow and palm branch
Victorinus of Pettau	Palm, pontifical vestments^{[citation needed]}
Vigilius of Trent	bishop holding a shoe, wooden holzschuh^[35]
Viktor of Xanten	Military attire^{[citation needed]}
Villana de' Botti	Dominican habit^{[citation needed]}
Vincent de Paul	children ^[a]
Vincent Ferrer	Dominican habit, Tongue of flame, Wings, Bible, pulpit, cardinal's hat, trumpet, captives^[a]
Vincent of Saragossa	Usually pontifical, episcopal, etc. insignia, tools of martyrdom and so forth^{[citation needed]}
Vincent Pallotti	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Vincent Romano	Priest's attire, Crucifix, Book of Hours^{[citation needed]}
Vincenza Gerosa	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Vincenzina Cusmano	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Vincenzo Grossi	Cassock^{[citation needed]}
Vincenzo Lipani	Franciscan habit^{[citation needed]}
Vitalis of Milan	with Saint Gervase and Saint Protase^{[citation needed]}
Vitus	book, cross, rooster, lion, bread, cauldron, eagle, hare; holding a church model^[a]
Vladimir the Great	crown, cross, throne^{[citation needed]}

W

Saint Wolfgang holding a church model with an adze lodged in the roof (Coat of arms of the Czech municipality Hnanice).
Willigis with the Wheel of Mainz

Article title	Attributes
Wenceslaus of Bohemia	crown, dagger^[a], burning eagle on a banner
Wendreda	Nun, healer^{[citation needed]}
Werenfried of Elst	Priest who holds a ship containing a coffin^{[citation needed]}
Werner of Oberwesel	sickle, shovel, pan^{[citation needed]}
Wiborada	a Benedictine nun holding a book and axe^{[citation needed]}
Wilgefortis	Bearded woman; depicted crucified, often shown with a small fiddler at her feet, and with one shoe off^{[citation needed]}
Willehad	bishop overturning idols^{[citation needed]}
William Firmatus	A man thrusting his arm into a fire; a man with a raven showing him the way to the Holy Land^{[citation needed]}
William of Maleval	cross, skull^{[citation needed]}
William of Montevergine	wolf and pastoral crook^[a]
William of Norwich	Depicted holding nails, with nail wounds or undergoing crucifixion^{[citation needed]}
William of Perth	Walking staff, Palmer's wallet, little dog.^[36]
William of York	bishop's vestments, crozier, crossing the River Tweed^[a]
Willibrord	Dipping staff into cask^{[citation needed]}
Willigis	Bishop with the Wheel of Mainz^{[citation needed]}
Winibald	portrayed as an abbot with a bricklayer's trowel; shown with Willibald (his brother) and Richard the Saxon (his father)^{[citation needed]}
Saint Winifred	Abbess, holding a sword, sometimes with her head under her arm^{[citation needed]}
Winnoc	abbot with a crown and scepter at his feet, turning a hand-mill, often with a church and bridge nearby; in ecstasy while grinding corn^[a]; with Saint Bertin^{[citation needed]}
Władysław Bukowiński	Priest's cassock^{[citation needed]}
Władysław Findysz	Priest's attire^{[citation needed]}
Wolfgang of Regensburg	depicted with a church model with an adze lodged in the roof, with a wolf^[a]
Wulfram of Sens	Bishop baptizing a young king; cleric with a young king nearby; cleric arriving by ship with monks and baptizing a king; baptizing the son of King Radbod^{[citation needed]}

X

Pope Xystus (Sixtus) with book and papal tiara

Saint	Symbol
Xenia of Saint Petersburg	walking stick^[a]
Xystus	book, papal insignia (mostly tiara and papal ferula), martyr's palm, book^[a]
Xu Guangqi	Ming Empire court dress holding a crucifix and book.^{[citation needed]}

Y

Bishop's vestments

Saint	Symbol
Yrieix	bishop's vestments, crozier^[a]
Yaropolk Izyaslavich	Clothed as Prince, holding a three-bar cross in his right hand^{[citation needed]}
Yaroslav the Wise	Grand Prince's robes, sword, church model, book or scroll^[37]
Yared	Wearing traditional attire, and holding a mequamia (prayer stick), tsanatsel (Ethiophian sistrum) in front of Deggua book and three chants: Ge'ez, Ezel and Araray represented in terms of doves^{[citation needed]}
Yevgeny Rodionov	military uniform, Orthodox cross^{[citation needed]}

Z

Saint Zenobius resurrects a dead boy
Zeno of Verona with a fish hanging from his crozier

Saint	Symbol
Zachary	Making peace with King Luitprand. Sometimes he may have an olive branch and a dove over him ^[a]
Zadkiel	Dagger^{[citation needed]}
Zefirino Agostini	Cassock, breviary^{[citation needed]}
Zeno of Verona	fish, fishing rod, or a bishop holding a fishing rod, or with a fish hanging from his crozier.^{[citation needed]}
Zenobius of Florence	vestments of a bishop; flowering tree; bringing a dead man or a boy back to life^[a]^[38]
Zita	bag, keys^[a]
Zita of Bourbon-Parma	Imperial attire, medals^{[citation needed]}
Zofia Czeska	Religious habit^{[citation needed]}
Zoltán Meszlényi	book, palm, mitre
Zygmunt Gorazdowski	Priest's attire

Notes

Stracke, Richard (October 20, 2015). "Iconography". Christian Iconography.

Rabenstein, Katherine (April 1999). "Saint of the Day Master Index". St. Patrick Catholic Church. Archived from the original on April 20, 2018.

References

External links

"Christian Iconography". Augusta State University. Archived from the original on March 18, 2014.
"Hagiographies, hymnography, and icons for many Orthodox saints". Orthodox Church in America.
"Saints' Badges or Shields".

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Saint symbolism: Saints (Q–Z)

Contents

Saints listed by name

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