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An example of his work is that of Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland. Rather than depicting the typical elder man with a long beard wearing a Catholic priest chasuble and bishop"s mitre carrying a shepherd"s staff and pointing at snakes (or holding a sharock), Py changed up the image. In Py"s version of Saint Patrick, the saint"s body parts are not in proportion.
His right hand shows the saint extending his middle and index fingers of the right hand (as in a sign for peace or victory).
The depiction continues to wear the bishop"s mitre and carries the shepherd"s staff The Py Saint Patrick, though wears a button down cassock and cape as one might see an Anglican bishop wear.
While the Py Saint Patrick does not hold a shamrock (a symbol used to teach about the Triune God), but one is placed prominently nearby on the medal. The Patrick on this medal is beardless.
In one corner of the medal are towers as one might assume Patrick envisioned in Armagh.
Finally, around the image is the name of Saint Patrick. lieutenant is not written in the vernacular, but in Latin (as Patrick spoke). Around the image, Py wrote "Sanctus Patricius" with letters that do not match in size.
