Animals in Christianity

Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

representation of the birth of Christ

early 4th-century saint and bishop

dog breed

Christian saint

Spanish farmer and saint

Christian saint, first bishop of Liège (c.656-727)

epithet of Jesus, from Jn 10:11–12

Christian hermit

parable in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, about a man who leaves 99 sheep to find one lost sheep

Christian martyr

animal whose handling and/or consumption is considered taboo in a given religion

thumb|300px|A composition of the Four Living Creatures into one tetramorph. Matthew the man, Mark the lion, Luke the ox, and John the eagle. A tetramorph is a symbolic arrangement of four differing elements, or the combination of four disparate elements in one unit. The term is derived from the Greek tetra, meaning four, and morph, shape.

famous mountain rescue dog in Switzerland

Medieval cathedral in Santo Domingo de la Calzada, Spain. Has heritage listing

legendary figure of Portuguese folklore

legendary figure

2nd century Roman martyr and German saint

Breton saint

religious ritual in a small number of Pentecostal churches in the U.S. involving the handling of snakes

Christian principles for daily food

story about St. Francis of Assisi

Class of heavenly beings described in the prophet Ezekiel's vision