My teacher has statues of the apostles in her classroom. (There are no labels as to who is who). One is depicted with two geese at his feet. Which apostle is this and what is the meaning of the two geese?
Without having seen the statue to be sure, my guess is that this statue isn’t of an apostle at all but of St. Martin of Tours, one of their successors. Geese are a symbol of St. Martin because the story goes that when named a bishop, St. Martin ran away and hid. He was found by his pursuers when a goose’s honking gave away his hiding place.
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