| St. Adelaide. | as a Queen with a veil. holding a church in her hand. escaping from prison in a boat. |
| St. Adrian, M., A.D. 290. Patron saint of Flanders and Germany, of soldiers, and against the plague. | with an anvil, sword, hammer or axe. wearing armor. with a lion. being thrown off a cliff into the sea; or being brought back to land by dolphins. |
| St. Aidan of Lindisfarne | giving his horse to a beggar. calming a storm. extinguishing a fire with prayer. with a stag at his feet. as a Bishop holding a crosier, with his right hand upheld in benediction or holding a torch. |
| St. Agatha, V.M., A.D. 251. Patron saint of Malta and Catania. | wearing a long veil. holding a palm. with pincers, shears, tongs. |
| St. Agnes, V.M., A.D. 304. | holding an olive-branch. with a lamb. with a palm. with a dove with a ring in its beak. |
| St. Agnes of Assis, A.D. 1257. Sister of St. Claire of Assisi. | as a Franciscan. |
| St. Alban, A.D. 305. England’s protomartyr. | with a head in his hand. with a fountain in the background. with a sword. |
| St. Albert the Great, A.D. 1280. | as a Dominican. often in company with St. Thomas Aquinas. |
| St. Aloysius Gonzaga, A.D. 1591. | as a Jesuit holding a Crucifix, a Lily, and a Scourge. |
| St. Alphonsus Liguori | as a Bishop. with rays coming upon his face from an image of Mary. with a Rosary. |
| St. Alexander. | as a Roman soldier holding a palm. |
| St. Alexis, A.D. 400. Patron saint of pilgrims and beggars. | as old and very ragged, dressed as a beggar or pilgrim with a dish. sometimes holding a cross or a palm. |
| St. Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury. | carrying stones in his chasuble. |
| St. Ambrose, A.D. 397. One of the Four Latin Fathers of the Church. Patron saint of Milan. | with a scourge of three knotted thongs. with a beehive at his feet. with books. with two bones. as a Bishop. |
| St. Anastasia | burning at a stake, or on a funeral pyre. |
| St. Andrew, Apostle, M. Patron saint of Scotland and Russia. | with a Cross, transverse, or X-shaped, or with a Latin Cross. with a fishing net. |
| St. Angela Merici | with an image of Virgins ascending a ladder. with St. Ursula and companions appearing to her. |
| St. Angelus the Carmelite, A.D. 1220. | with roses falling from his mouth. as a Carmelite. |
| St. Anne | teaching her little daughter to read the Scriptures. greeting St. Joachim at the Golden Gate. holding a baby girl. |
| St. Ansano, M. Patron saint of Siena. | holding a cluster of dates on palm. with a Cross. as young and richly dressed. with towers in his hand, or in the background. |
| St. Anselm | as an Archbishop or Benedictine monk. admonishing an evildoer. with Our Lady appearing to him. with a ship. exorcising (driving demons out of) a monk. |
| St. Ansgar | with converted Danes near him. |
| St. Anthelm | as a Carthusian with a miter at his feet and above his head a lamp with the Divine hand pointing to or kindling the flame. |
| St. Anthony, Hermit, A.D. 357. | as an old man with long white hair and scantly clad. with a raven. with a crutch, sometimes with a bell hanging from it. with a fire near him, or under his feet. with a torch. with a rod. with a hog near him. with a blue T-shaped Egyptian Cross on his shoulder. |
| St. Anthony of Padua, A.D. 1231. | with the Christ-Child in his arms, or on a book. as a Franciscan. with a flame of fire in his hand, or on his breast. holding Corn. holding a Lily. with a kneeling mule. |
| St. Apollinaris of Ravenna, M., A.D. 79. | as a Bishop holding a sword or club. standing on hot coals. being beaten by the devil. with a Black Cross embroidered on a white robe. |
| St. Apollonia of Alexandria, V.M., A.D. 250. Patron saint against the toothache. | with pincers holding a tooth. with a gold tooth. with a tooth suspended from a necklace. |
| St. Appolonius | on a funeral pyre. drowning in the sea. being crucified. |
| St. Augustine, A.D. 430. One of the Four Latin Fathers of the Church. | with his heart, flaming, or pierced with an arrow. as a Bishop. with a Book at his feet or in his hands. |