# Saint Margaret and the Dragon

The dragon is the most recognizable attribute of Margaret of Antioch.

Traditionally, the saint is depicted either stepping on or emerging from the torn belly of the beast, as told in all known versions of her life: an image symbolizing the Resurrection.

However, in this depiction, the sculptor, while remaining faithful to the story, has deviated with an original iconographic approach: Margaret, standing in prayer, appears to be shedding the skin of the dead dragon, whose body coils around her hips.