Montmajor

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MONTMAJOR

Region : Catalonia
Province : Barcelona

Escudo de Montmajor/Arms (crest) of Montmajor
Official blazon
Catalan Escut caironat: de gules, un món creuat d'or cintrat d'atzur, acompanyat d'un brau de sable al cap, d'una mitra d'argent franjada d'or a la destra i d'un bàcul de bisbe d'or posat en pal a la sinistra. Per timbre una corona mural de poble.
English blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

Canting arms: they show a "món" (Catalan for "royal mound"). The elements around (bull, mitre and staff) are the attributes of the local patron saint, St. Saturnine, a bishop of Toulouse that, according to the tradition, was martyred being trailed along the ground by a bull.


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