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====Official blazon====
Party per pale, gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the center between four crosslets patee of the second and or.


====Origin/meaning====
====Origin/meaning====
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.


I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any information is welcome !
The arms show the Cross of St. Chad, the patron saint of the diocese.


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[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]].  
[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. Background by Colleen Pittman.


[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]]

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DIOCESE OF LICHFIELD

Denomination : Anglican

Lichfield.rel.jpg

Official blazon

Party per pale, gules and argent, a cross potent and quadrate in the center between four crosslets patee of the second and or.

Origin/meaning

The arms were recorded at the College of Arms.

The arms show the Cross of St. Chad, the patron saint of the diocese.


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Literature : Image from Wills's Arms of the Bishopric. Background by Colleen Pittman.