The Devil, who is often represented in early Christian art under the shape of a coal-black bird. See Didron, Christian Iconography , I . ↩

In early paintings the swine is the symbol of St. Anthony, as the cherub is of St. Matthew, the lion of St. Mark, and the eagle of St. John. There is an old tradition that St. Anthony was once a swineherd. Brand, Pop. Antiquities , I 358, says:⁠—