lion of Saint Mark

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civic emblem heraldic symbol religious symbol

The lion of Saint Mark is a traditional winged lion symbol associated with Saint Mark the Evangelist and famously used as the emblem of the city and Republic of Venice.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Lion of Saint Mark	2
lion of Saint Mark canonical	2
Banner of Saint Mark	1
Lion of Saint Mark (symbol of Venice)	1
lion of Saint Mark in majesty	1
lion of Saint Mark in moleca (crab-like, front-facing form)	1
lion of Saint Mark passant	1
lion of Saint Mark sejant	1
winged lion of Saint Mark	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civic emblem ⓘ heraldic symbol ⓘ religious symbol ⓘ
appearsOn	Doge's Palace ⓘ surface form: Doge's Palace façade St Mark's Square ⓘ surface form: Piazza San Marco monuments St Mark's Basilica decorations ⓘ Venetian coins ⓘ Venetian public buildings ⓘ Venetian seals ⓘ Coat of arms of the Republic of Venice ⓘ surface form: coat of arms of Venice columns of San Marco and San Todaro in Venice ⓘ flag of Veneto ⓘ flag of the Republic of Venice ⓘ
associatedWith	Saint Mark ⓘ surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist
culturalRegion	Adriatic region ⓘ Veneto ⓘ
depicts	winged lion ⓘ
hasAttribute	aureole ⓘ book ⓘ halo ⓘ sword ⓘ wings ⓘ
hasVariant	lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: lion of Saint Mark in majesty lion of Saint Mark in moeca (Venetian dialect name) ⓘ lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: lion of Saint Mark in moleca (crab-like, front-facing form) lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: lion of Saint Mark passant lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: lion of Saint Mark sejant
iconographicFeature	closed book ⓘ land background ⓘ open book ⓘ sea background ⓘ sword ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ
inscriptionOftenShows	"Pax tibi Marce evangelista meus" ⓘ
inspiredBy	biblical tetramorph symbolism ⓘ
relatedTo	eagle of Saint John ⓘ symbols of the four Evangelists ⓘ Portraits of the Evangelists ⓘ surface form: winged man of Saint Matthew Tetramorph ⓘ surface form: winged ox of Saint Luke
religiousTradition	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Christianity ⓘ
represents	Mark the Evangelist ⓘ Venetian civic identity ⓘ Venetian maritime power ⓘ courage ⓘ majesty ⓘ power ⓘ
symbolOf	Republic of Venice ⓘ Saint Mark ⓘ surface form: Saint Mark the Evangelist Republic of Venice ⓘ surface form: Serenissima Repubblica di Venezia Venice ⓘ surface form: city of Venice
timePeriodOfProminence	Middle Ages ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ
usedBy	Italian Navy ⓘ surface form: Italian Navy (historically on some insignia) Republic of Venice ⓘ Venetian navy ⓘ surface form: Venetian Navy Venetian colonies ⓘ Veneto ⓘ surface form: Veneto region city of Venice ⓘ
usedIn	Christian art ⓘ Venetian heraldry ⓘ flags and banners of Venetian institutions ⓘ municipal heraldry in former Venetian territories ⓘ public sculpture in Venice ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Golden Lion → namedAfter → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

Republic of Venice → symbol → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

Republic of Venice → flag → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banner of Saint Mark

Patriarch of Venice → coatOfArmsFeature → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

coat of arms of the Italian Navy → hasPart → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

this entity surface form: winged lion of Saint Mark

Venetian Senate → coatOfArms → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lion of Saint Mark (symbol of Venice)

osella (historic Venetian gold coin or medal) → depicts → lion of Saint Mark ⓘ

subject surface form: osella (Venetian coin-medal)

this entity surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

lion of Saint Mark → hasVariant → lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

this entity surface form: lion of Saint Mark in moleca (crab-like, front-facing form)

lion of Saint Mark → hasVariant → lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

this entity surface form: lion of Saint Mark passant

lion of Saint Mark → hasVariant → lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

this entity surface form: lion of Saint Mark sejant

lion of Saint Mark → hasVariant → lion of Saint Mark self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Lion of Saint Mark

this entity surface form: lion of Saint Mark in majesty