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Taking notes on "Spot the Saint" from someone else's blog http://exurbe.com/?tag=spot-the-saint

Reparata
Zenobius
Sebastian
pierced by arrows, often naked
Catherine of Alexandria
wheel, crown
John the Baptist
hairshirt
Laurence
grate on which he was burned
Mary Magdalene
long, loose hair
ointment jar
skull
(near-)nudity
Crucifixion and deposition, often with her arms spread out
sometimes a hermit

John the Evangelist: his animal is an eagle
he's either a pretty young man, or an old man with a beard
he's often wearing pink
loose hair to his shoulders
chalice with a snake coming out of it
crucifixion and deposition scenes
writing the gospel


Nicolas: ships, barrel with 3 kids, 3 golden balls/coins/bags of gold, bishop

Peter
key, obviously
Paul
Agatha: breasts on a platter
having her breasts cut off
protector against fire

Lucy: eyes on a platter
despite this, will have two eyes in her head
martyr's palm

Dominic
black and white robes, lilies
Aquinas
fat, book
Peter Martyr
having his head cleaved in half or something
Francis:
Franciscans have grey/brown robes
Francis has stigmata

Antony of Padua
Bernardino of Siena
dour-looking, Christogram, three mitres
Nicolas
ships
three balls/pieces of gold/purses
accompanied by small children