Edward Francis Ryan

EDWARD FRANCIS RYAN

Born : March 10, 1879
Deceased : November 3, 1956

Bishop of Burlington, 1945-1956

Official blazon

Impaled : Dexter; vert a stag's head caboshed, between the attires a cross fleur-de-lis or, a chief dancettée of the same; Sinister, gules a plate charged with the letters I H S between three griffins' heads erased or, on a chief azure a cross patoncée between four martlets of the second.

Motto: Magnum Nomen Domini

Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The personal arms of the Bishop are based upon those of the Ryan family of County Tipperary, Ireland. The "plate" inscribed with the sacred monogram IHS, is an allusion to the Bishop's former parish, the Church of the Holy Name, in West Roxbury. The chief bears a variant of the traditional arms of Saint Edward, King and Confessor, the name saint of Bishop Ryan.

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Literature : Brassard, 1956