Iconographic attribute

burning coal

2 saints

Saint Isaiah

• 8th century BC

The first of the great biblical prophets, Isaiah exercised his ministry in Jerusalem in the 8th century BC under four kings of Judah. Famous…

• 6th century

A 6th-century solitary from the Creuse, Saint Léobon lived as a hermit near Fursac and later at Salagnac. He is famous for having resisted t…

Which saints are depicted with burning coal?

Saints depicted with burning coal: Saint Isaiah and Saint Leobon of Saint-Étienne-de-Fursac.