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'''DIOCESE OF VÄXJÖ'''
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sweden|Sweden]]<br>
Denomination : [[:Category:Lutheran heraldry|Lutheran]]<br>
Established : 1170


Denomination : Lutheran
[[File:vaxjo.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
 
===Official blazon===
I rött tre avhuggna, tonsurerade manshuvuden av silver, ordnade två och ett.
 
===Origin/meaning===
The Coat of Arms is based on the oldest diocesean Chapter Seal from 1292. It symbolises Unaman, Sunaman and Vinaman nephews of the Missionary Bishop Sigfrid. They where martyred by beheading at Växjö.


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


===Official blazon===
====Arms of Bishops====
 
<gallery perrow=0>
File:växjö-lindegård.png|[[Sven Lindegård]] (1973-1991)
File:växjö-hellström.png|[[Jan Arvid Hellström]] (1991-1994)
File:växjö-wejryd.rel.jpg|[[Anders Wejryd]] (1995-2006), Become Archbishop of Uppsala.
File:växjö-thidevall.png|[[Sven Thidevall]] (2006-2010)
File:växjö-johansson.rel.jpg|[[Jan-Olof Johansson]] (2010-2015)
File:växjö-modeus.jpg|[[Fredrik Modéus]] (2015-present)
 
</gallery>
 


===Origin/meaning==={{tba}}


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[[Literature]] : Nevéus and de Waern, 1992
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992. Pictures of Bishop's Arms by Lokal Profil on Wikimedia Commons. Bishop Wejryd's Arms from the book Bengt Olof Kälde kyrkokonstnär och heraldiker.


[[Category:Swedish ecclesiastical heraldry]]
[[File:sweden.jpg|50 px|link=Sweden]][[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sweden]]
[[Category:Lutheran dioceses]]
[[Category:Lutheran dioceses]]

Latest revision as of 12:55, 7 August 2023

DIOCESE OF VÄXJÖ

Country : Sweden
Denomination : Lutheran
Established : 1170

Arms (crest) of the Diocese of Växjö

Official blazon

I rött tre avhuggna, tonsurerade manshuvuden av silver, ordnade två och ett.

Origin/meaning

The Coat of Arms is based on the oldest diocesean Chapter Seal from 1292. It symbolises Unaman, Sunaman and Vinaman nephews of the Missionary Bishop Sigfrid. They where martyred by beheading at Växjö.


Arms of Bishops


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Literature: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992. Pictures of Bishop's Arms by Lokal Profil on Wikimedia Commons. Bishop Wejryd's Arms from the book Bengt Olof Kälde kyrkokonstnär och heraldiker.

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