A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 65
a bell isbelieved to overcome demons. The asperges, or rod for sprinklingholy water, is a symbol of the same idea. The hog represents thesensuality and appetites which he conquered. Flames of fire un-der his feet, or a city or house burning, signify that he is a patronao-ainst fire, in this world… … ( Pesillino. ) Florence Academy. St. Antony of Padua {Lot. Sanctus Antonius Thaumatur-gus; Ital. Sant Antonio di Padova, II Santo; Sp. San Antoniode Padua, Sol brillante de la Iglesia, Gloria de Portugal, etc., etc.).This saint was a Portuguese by birth. He became a Franciscan,and stands in that…
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