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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
*(personal half) Gules, a tower argent; on a chief of the second a lion passant of the first. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===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 Bishop's arms are symbolic for his name, which means the governor or captain of a stronghold in Dutch, hence the heraldic " tower". The lion is that of his patron, Saint Jerome. | |||
The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. | |||
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ARTHUR JEROME DROSSAERTS
Born : September 11, 1862
Deceased : September 8, 1940
Bishop of San Antonio, 1918-1926
Archbishop of San Antonio, 1926-1940
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Official blazon
- (personal half) Gules, a tower argent; on a chief of the second a lion passant of the first.
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 Bishop's arms are symbolic for his name, which means the governor or captain of a stronghold in Dutch, hence the heraldic " tower". The lion is that of his patron, Saint Jerome.
The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop.
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