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Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
In art, she is commonly represented holding a book to signify the library she saved, and an axe, which signifies the manner of her martyrdom. [6] The axe with which she is commonly depicted is in fact anachronistic , being a halberd , which did not come into existence until the 15th century.
They are the patron saints of, respectively, England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Portugal, [1] and Wales. The champions were depicted in Christian art and folklore in Great Britain as heroic warriors, most notably in a 1596 book by Richard Johnson titled Famous Historie of the Seaven Champions of Christendom. Richard Johnson was entirely ...
They are the patron saints of Zürich. Felix and Regula were brother and sister, beheaded in the third century, along with Exuperantius, for converting to Christianity. [ 1 ] Their feast day is 11 September in the Gregorian calendar, [ 2 ] celebrated on the same day using the Julian calendar (which is the 24th of September Gregorian), the 14th ...
It lists of hundreds of saints from Ireland and beyond. [1] In various religions, a saint is a revered person who has achieved an eminent status of holiness, known as sainthood. The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in ...
Orthodox images more often contained inscriptions with the names of saints, so the Eastern repertoire of attributes is generally smaller than the Western. 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]
Eustace became known as a patron saint of hunters and firefighters, and also of anyone facing adversity; he was traditionally included among the Fourteen Holy Helpers. [21] He is the patron of hunters especially in Bavaria and Austria, while in France, Belgium and Western Germany, it is more common to find Hubert of Liège in this role.