Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1897 — The Serpent in Art. [ARTICLE]

The Serpent in Art.

The serpent Is in Christian art an attribute of St. Cecilia, St. Euphemla and many other saints, being assigned to them either because they destroyed tbe power of satan or because they cleared one or another country of reptiles.