The Eucharist is represented as the liturgy of Word and Sacrament (left pane) and as love through the symbol of a pelican feeding her young (right pane)
The religious meaning of a pelican feeding its young, known as the “Pelican in her Piety,” symbolizes Jesus Christ’s sacrificial love and the Eucharist, stemming from a medieval legend that the bird would pierce her own breast to feed her starving chicks with her blood, mirroring Christ’s blood shed for humanity’s redemption and the spiritual nourishment of the Eucharist. This image represents ultimate charity, self-sacrifice, and the life-giving power of Christ’s body and blood, appearing often in Christian art and architecture