Emblem in art associated with Saint Yves, typifying his youthful devotion; Saint Barbara, symbolizing her promise that those devoted to her shall not die without the Sacraments; Saint Clare of Assisi, who by holding a monstrance before the advancing Saracens miraculously dispersed them. Saint Barbara and Saint Clare are the only female saints bearing this attribute.
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