Beautiful Silver Plate Celtic Cross Brooch with colored enamel and faceted stones, by Woods Celtic Jewellery. Here the Sun Wheel, symbol of the eternal cycle of life, death and rebirth is joined with the Christian Cross symbol. It is believed that St. Patrick combined the symbol of Christianity, a cross, with the symbol of the sun, to give pagan followers an idea of the importance of the cross by linking it with the idea of the life-giving properties of the sun. By Woods Celtic Jewellery, Ireland.