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Emblem in art associated with

• Saint Agatha of Sicily; she is often depicted holding a platter on which sits her severed breasts; many viewers mistook them for loaves of bread
• Saint Andre Bessette, who worked as a baker
• Saint Anthony of Padua
• Saint Anthony the Abbot
• Saint Aubert of Arras
• Saint Clement Mary Hofbauer, who worked as a baker
• Saint Columbanus who fed a large group by multiplying loaves of bread
• Saint Elizabeth of Hungary; refers to the miraculous changing of loaves into flowers when she was confronted for taking food to the poor
• Saint Erhard of Regensburg, who is a patron of bakers
• Saint Gall
• Saint Genevieve which refers to her feeding a large number of people who were under siege
• Saint Honorius of Amiens, who worked as a baker
• Saint Ivo of Kermartin
• Saint Jane of Valois
• Saint John Bosco, who worked as a baker
• Saint Joseph Barsabasa
• Saint Mary of Egypt
• Saint Meingold, who is a patron of bakers
• Saint Nicholas of Tolentino; an apparition of the saint once saved the burning palace of the Doge of Venice by throwing a piece of blessed bread on the flames
• Saint Nicholas of Myra, who is a patron of bakers
• Saint Olaf II as a symbol of his great charity
• Saint Onuphrius, having it brought to him by an angel
• Saint Paul the Hermit, usually having it brought to him by a raven
• Saint Peter the Apostle, who is a patron of bakers
• Saint Pharaildis of Ghent
• Saint Philip the Apostle
• Saint Roch, usually having it brought to him by a dog
• Saint Sigfrid of Sweden; often depicted carrying three severed heads; many viewers mistook badly done or maintained images as three loaves of bread
• Saint William of Rochester, who worked as a baker
• Saint Zita of Lucca; refers to her work as a house keeper, and of feeding the poor
• Blessed Albert of Bergamo, who is a patron of bakers
• Blessed Gerard of Villamagna
• Blessed Godfrey of Cappenberg, referring to his ministery to feed the poor
• Michael the Archangel, who is a patron of bakers

MLA Citation

• “bread“. Emblems of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 October 2010. Web. 29 April 2024. <>