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Archangel Michael
Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleums, Indianapolis, Indiana When you are walking through a cemetery and you come across a monument and you don’t understand what it represents, look for clues. When I saw...
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Saint James the Greater
Trinity Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania Saint James, somtimes referred to as James the Greater, was one of the Twelve Apostles. In some church traditions, James’ mother is reported to be the sister to...
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St. Mark, the Winged Lion
The Evergreen Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona, has many tombs, gravestones, and markers imbued with Christian symbolism. One such monument in that cemetery is a statue of St. Mark. St. Mark, who wrote...
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St. John the Divine
The Evergreen Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona, has many tombs, gravestones, and markers imbued with Christian symbolism. One such monument in that cemetery is a statue of St. John. St. John, who wrote...
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St. Luke
St. Luke, in this statue found in the Evergreen Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona, is depicted with a quill and a scroll representing his authorship of the Third Gospel, which emphasizes the sacrificial...
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St. Matthew–the Tax Man
St. Matthew, in this statue found in the Evergreen Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona, is depicted with a quill and a scroll representing his authorship of the First Gospel. The statue of St. Matthew also...
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St. Simon the Zealot
St. Simon the Zealot is one of the most obscure of all of the Apostles. Little is known about him though it is thought that he was born in Judea. In the Christian tradition, St. Simon is often...
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St. Peter and the Keys to Heaven
St. Peter, depicted in a statue in the columbarium in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California, holds a pair of keys. The keys are a symbol used to represent the saint and have their...
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St. Andrew
According to Christian tradition, St. Andrew, like his brother Peter, was born in Bethsaida near the Sea of Galilee, and was also a fisherman, called by Jesus to be a “fisher of men.” The sculpture...
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St. Benedict
Calvary Cemetery, Erie, Pennsylvania Benedict of Nursia was a devout Christian born circa March 2, 480 and died between 543 to 547. Spurred by what Benedict saw as increasing immorality of Roman life,...
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St. Dominic
The white marble statue of St. Dominic (August 8, 1170 – August 6, 1221) in the Calvary Cemetery in Erie, Pennsylvania, portrays a prayerful monk holding a book in one hand with the word “VERITAS”...
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St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony of Padua (August 15, 1195 – June 13, 1231) depicted in several statues in the Mount Wollaston Cemetery, in Quincy, Massachusetts, is portrayed in monks’ clothing holding the baby Jesus and...
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