Pelican
Title
Pelican
Subject
Canon Missal
Description
Pelican "represents atonement and charity."
Pelican wounded the breast in order to feed her children with her blood.
"The pelican cutting open its own breast represents Christ's death on the cross, and the shedding of his blood to revive us and therefore adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer and of charity."
Pelican wounded the breast in order to feed her children with her blood.
"The pelican cutting open its own breast represents Christ's death on the cross, and the shedding of his blood to revive us and therefore adopted as a symbol of the Redeemer and of charity."
Source
St. Norbert College, Norbertine Studies Center
Publisher
Frattres Abbatiae Westmallensis Ordinis Cisterciensis in Belgio
Date
1889
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
Format
image/jpeg
Language
Latin
Type
image
Coverage
De Pere .......... (inhabited place)
(World, North and Central America, United States, Wisconsin, Brown county) [2121048]
(World, North and Central America, United States, Wisconsin, Brown county) [2121048]
Files
Collection
Citation
“Pelican,” Canon Missale, accessed April 26, 2024, https://tot12snj1.omeka.net/items/show/6.