Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Matthias

(St.) in Christian art is known by the axe or halbert in his right hand, the symbol of his martyrdom. Sometimes he is bearing a stone, in allusion to the tradition of his having been stoned before he was beheaded.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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