Iconographic attribute

decapitated head

2 saints

Saint Edmund, King of England

Feast: November 20th • 9th century

King of the East Angles crowned in 853, Edmund was a model sovereign, protector of the poor and orphans. Captured by the Danish invaders Hin…

Feast: October 11th • 3rd century

The third bishop of Besançon in the 3rd century, Germain came from a noble Gallo-Roman family. After serving his diocese with zeal and craft…

Which saints are depicted with decapitated head?

Saints depicted with decapitated head: Saint Edmund, King of England and Saint Germanus of Besançon.