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  2. Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots

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    Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas - Logos include halos and angel wings. [8] Saint Martin's University, Lacey, Washington - Saint Martin's Saints, logo is a knight's helmet; Siena College, Loudonville, New York - Siena Saints, mascot Bernie "Saint" Bernard; Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan - mascot is "Halo the Husky ...

  3. Sir Saint - Wikipedia

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    Sir Saint appears tall and fair-skinned, with an abnormally large chin, small eyes, and disproportionate feet dressed in a Saints uniform and helmet. He is commonly depicted smirking. He wears gold leggings. In logo format, he stands facing a classic Saints shield to his right (on the viewer's left).

  4. Gumbo (mascot) - Wikipedia

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    For years, Gumbo was, in fact, a real Saint Bernard dog that roamed the sidelines in Saints' apparel for dogs. [4] The reason for choosing this breed of dog is the fact that Orleans Parish (where the City of New Orleans lies) shares a border with St. Bernard Parish to the east. The present mascot, which consists of a person wearing a Saint ...

  5. Painting for Saints - Wikipedia

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    Painting for Saints or Game Changer is a 2020 painting by Banksy, who donated it to the Southampton General Hospital in Southern England, United Kingdom.The artwork depicts a child playing with a toy nurse, having selected the toy over superheroes Batman and Spider-Man, and was unveiled during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  6. Saint symbolism - Wikipedia

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    See also References External links Four Evangelists Main article: Four Evangelists The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The winged man, lion, eagle and bull symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke. Saint Symbol Matthew winged man or angel Mark winged lion Luke winged bull John eagle The Apostles Main article: Apostles in the New ...

  7. Virgin and Child with Saints Anthony Abbot, Jerome and Francis

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    The adoration of the Child is staged in a rural landscape with a predominantly horizontal development. Mary is at the centre praying towards her son, on her knees, between a group of saints in several poses. From left to right, the adoring saints are Francis of Assisi, Jerome and Anthony Abbot. [2]

  8. Christianity and association football - Wikipedia

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    The team, still known as "The Saints", play at St. Mary's Stadium. There has been an extremely long history of the involvement of Christianity and association football. In 16th-century England, Puritan Christians opposed the contemporary forms of football, due to its violence and its practice on Sunday, the Sabbath day of rest.

  9. Saint symbolism: Saints (I–P) - Wikipedia

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    Many of the most prominent saints, like Saint Peter and Saint John the Evangelist can also be recognised by a distinctive facial type. Some attributes are general, such as the martyr's palm . [ 4 ] The use of a symbol in a work of art depicting a Saint reminds people who is being shown and of their story.