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Generally refers to an instrument of martyrdom, but could refer to a saint being an archer or the patron of archers. Arrows are also symbolic of pestilence which was pictured as simply coming from nowhere to strike down a victim.

Associated in Art with

• Blessed Margaret of Savoy
• Saint Anastasius of Lérida
• Saint Brigid of Ireland
• Saint Christina of Bolsena
• Saint Edmund of East Anglia
• Saint Frances of Rome
• Saint Giles
• Saint Knud
• Saint Macarius of Antioch
• Saint Philomena
• Saint Romulus of Fiesole
• Saint Sebastian
• Saint Teresa of Ávila
• Saint Thomas the Apostle
• Saint Ursula
• Saint Victoria of Cordoba
• Saint Willibald of Eichstätt

MLA Citation

• “arrow“. Emblems of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 July 2009. Web. 29 April 2024. <>