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'''ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. ANDREWS AND EDINBURGH'''
'''ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. ANDREWS AND EDINBURGH'''


Denomination : Roman Catholic
Denomination : [[:Category:Catholic heraldry|Roman Catholic]]


[[File:standrewse.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
[[File:standrewse.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]


====Official blazon====
===Official blazon===
Azure, a saltire argent charged on each of the upper limbs with a cross pattée fitchée Sable and at the centre a castle triple-towered and embattled of the Last, masoned of the Second and topped with three fans Gules, windows and portcullis shut of the Last, situate on a rock Proper, behind the Shield are placed in saltire an Archepiscopal cross and a crosier Or and above the Shield is placed a precious mitre Proper;
and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "CRUX SPES UNICA".


====Origin/meaning====
===Origin/meaning===
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The Saltire indicates St Andrews and the Castle Edinburgh. Granted by the Lord Lyon King of Arms 13 June 1989.


====Arms of Archbishops====
#Redirect [[Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh]]
 
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File:standrewse-gray.rel.jpg|Gordon Gray (1951-1985), cardinal since 1969
File:standrewse-obrien.rel.jpg|Keith O'Brien (1985-2013), cardinal since 2003
File:standrewse-cushley.rel.jpg|Leo Cushley (2013 – present)
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[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic archdioceses]]

Latest revision as of 15:21, 26 December 2022

ARCHDIOCESE OF ST. ANDREWS AND EDINBURGH

Denomination : Roman Catholic

Arms (crest) of Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh

Official blazon

Azure, a saltire argent charged on each of the upper limbs with a cross pattée fitchée Sable and at the centre a castle triple-towered and embattled of the Last, masoned of the Second and topped with three fans Gules, windows and portcullis shut of the Last, situate on a rock Proper, behind the Shield are placed in saltire an Archepiscopal cross and a crosier Or and above the Shield is placed a precious mitre Proper; and in an Escrol below the same this Motto "CRUX SPES UNICA".

Origin/meaning

The Saltire indicates St Andrews and the Castle Edinburgh. Granted by the Lord Lyon King of Arms 13 June 1989.

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