The Game for Catholic Nerds.

Every time I have visited an art museum, such as the National Gallery in London, I have played "The Catholic Nerd Game." Basically, you look at the works that have saints, and try to identify the saints by their symbols. It requires a fair knowledge of iconography, and hagiography, hence the name. The artists could be very tricky, and liked to used obscure (well obscure now.) saints, or little known symbols. I have decided to make "The Catholic Nerd Game" a part of my blog. Each day (hopefully) I will post a picture, and you can try to identify the saints. I probably should make a nomenclature for the order identifying the saints, as some of the altar pieces cram a lot on. So, start on the left, and work right, if there are multiple rows, identify the row with the bottom being row 1. Leave dashes where you cannot identify a saint.
Here's the first one. I chose a fairly easy one. Good luck!


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Yours in Christ,
Thursday

P.S.
I'm back at University, so I should have an easier time updating.