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Can you tell me which apostle is depicted with geese in this statue?

Started by Lorenzo, January 07, 2013, 02:25:22 AM

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Lorenzo

Can you tell me which apostle is depicted with geese in this statue?
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Lorenzo

I suspect that this statue isn’t of an apostle, but of St. Martin of Tours (ca. 316-397), one of the apostles’ successors. Geese are a symbol of St. Martin because the story goes that, when named a bishop, St. Martin ran away and hid. He was found by his pursuers when a goose’s honking gave away his hiding place.



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