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  • Saint Tugean, with a key and wolf biting dog.
  • Saint Tugean, Breton Saint invoked against dogs, wolves and hydrophobia. Often represented as a bishop with a child on his rght and a wolf or a dog on his left. Sometimes he is shown with a key placed on the back of a wolf, he is then dressed as a monk.
  • Saint Peter, Apostle (29th June). Invoked against hydrophobia, serpent bites, possession by the deviland fever, all of which are connected with miracles wrought by him, detailed in the Acts of the Apostles. Represented usually with books and keys.