St. Lambert of Liège

Baroque era
Church of Holy Lambert

As a bishop St. Lambert is pictured with a mitre and crozier. The sword in his left hand refers to two points in his legend. Attacked by his enemies, he first took a sword to defend himself but then threw it away, deciding that it would be better to gain a martyr's victory by his death than to "lay his holy hands on the blood of the felons." The attackers had no such qualms, and they killed him with a sword of their own.

Below the statue but unrelated to Lambert's legend are a pair of angels holding candles and a crucifixion group with Mary and John.

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Source: Johann Jaritz via this page at Wikimedia Commons.