identifying saints?

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When the Old Masters painted pictures of saints they usually included something that would help identify the particular saint shown. St. Lucy has eyes on a plate. St. Catherine of Alexandria has a wheel.
So what do art historians call these identifying markers in general? Are they "attributes" or something else?
 
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