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sented by a series of wavy lines, intended to figure a 

 shower of rain. 



S. Margaret — is usually shown handsomely dressed, 

 piercing a dragon, who is under her feet, with a long 

 cross. 



S. Mary Magdalen, — Her emblem is the "alabaster 

 box of ointment." 



S. An7ie, — Her emblem is a dove with a ring in its 

 beak. 



S. Lawrence, — A gridiron. 



S. Augustine of Hippo. — A heart in hand. 



S. Giles — is usually represented with a crosier, and 

 a hind with its fore-feet in his lap ; the hind's neck 

 is sometimes pierced with an arrow. 



S, Enurchus, — A dove alighting on the saint's head. 



S, Lambert, — A palm branch and a dart or spear. 



S, Cyprian, — A book and a sword. 



S, Michael, — ^A spear and a pair of scales. Diony- 

 sius, the Areopagite, says there are three great divi- 

 sions of angels ; each division is subdivided into three 

 orders or choirs, thus making nine in all. These are : — 



