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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. | 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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Revision as of 10:15, 25 July 2023
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