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'''SAINT PAUL'S CATHEDRAL (London, Ontario)'''

Denomination : Anglican 

[[File:stpaulscathedrallondon.rel.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]

===Official blazon===
Gules a sword in pale point in chief Argent hilt and pommel Or surmounted in fess point by a book expanded proper bound Or in dexter chief a trefoil slipped and in sinister chief a mullet of six points Or.

Motto : SPIRITUS GLADIUS

===Origin/meaning===
The arms were granted on May 24, 1989.

The open book and the sword are the heraldic symbols for St. Paul. The shamrock represents Bishop Benjamin Cronyn, the Irish-born first Bishop of Huron. The star represents Bishop Isaac Hellmuth, who came from a Polish Jewish family, was the diocese’s second bishop and first cathedral dean, and who also founded the University of Western Ontario. 

The motto means "The sword of the spirit" (Ep 6:17).


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[[Literature]] : Information and image from [http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/index_e.asp here]

[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Canada]]
[[Category:Granted 1989]]
[[Category:Anglican churches and cathedrals]]