Bible Dictionaries
Eagle

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Emblem of Our Lord, who could gaze undazzled upon the glory of God, the Father, as an eagle at the sun. Associated in art with

• Saint Augustine of Hippo as a symbol of inspiration
• Saint Cuthbert, who was fed by an eagle
• Saint Florian, whose corpse was protected from abuse by an eagle
• Saint John of the Cross as a symbol of inspiration
• Saint John the Evangelist as a symbol of inspiration and the Holy Ghost
• Saint Juan Diego, whose birth name means "the eagle who speaks"
• Saint Medard, who was sheltered from the weather by a hovering eagle
• Saint Ruggero of Canne, who was sheltered in his travels by an eagle
• Saint Servatus, who was sheltered from the sun by an eagle while he travelled as a pilgrim
• Saint Wencelaus

It was used by early Christians as the sign of Baptism.