San Pawl il-Baħar

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Official blazon

Maltese	blazon wanted
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

San Pawl il-Bahar's arms show the sea, and a snake. When St. Paul shipwrecked on Malta (presumably at San Pawl il-Bahar), a snake attacked him but it did not kill him, Afterwards he converted the Maltese into Christianity.

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  The arms on a lottery ticket

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