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SAINT AUGUSTINE
State : Florida
Official blazon
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on November 26, 1715.
In the year 1715 the citizens of St. Augustine petitioned His Majesty Philip V, King of Spain to grant the city a coat of arms for its faithful and courageous service to Spain. There is no record of the request being fulfilled in the city records, so in 1991, the City Commission passed a resolution authorizing a formal request to His Majesty Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, for a Coat of Arms for the city. Research conducted by Vicente de Cardenas y Vicent, Herald, King of Arms, Dean of the Corps of Heralds for Spain, revealed that a Coat of Arms for the city had indeed been authorized for the city by King Philip V on November 26, 1715.
On October 12, 1991 the arms were thus received by the city, nearly 276 years after it was granted.
The arms show the royal symbols of Castille (castle) and León (lion), as well as the French fleur-de-lys (King Philip V was the grandson of the French King Louis XIV and thus member of the French Anjou dynasty, which used the fleur-de-lys).
The fourth quarter shows an arm with sword, symbolising the fact that the city was a Spanish military fortress at the time.
The cross probably indicates Saint Augustine.
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