Saint-Étienne

SAINT-ÉTIENNE Country : France Département : Loire Additions: 1855 Beaubrun, Montaud, Outre-Furent, Valbenoîte 1969 Saint-Victor-sur-Loire, Terrenoire 1973 Rochetaillée Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":45.4380000000000023874235921539366245269775390625,"lon":4.39120000000000043627323975670151412487030029296875,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

Official blazon

French	D'azur à deux palmes d'or passées en sautoir et cantonnées d'une couronne fermée d'or en chef et de trois croisettes pommetées [pierrées] d'argent en flancs et en pointe.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms are known since 1667.

The palms and the crosses with little stones at their tips evoke the martyr of Saint-Stephen (Etienne in French), one of the first Christian martyrs, who was stoned to death in Jerusalem.

The royal crown express the will of the population, who wanted to be placed under the influence of the king, and no more of the lord of St Priest, whose arms were " five points or and four points azure"

The arms were borne unchanged since this date, although they were replaced for a short time during the French revolution and the Napoleonic era.

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  The arms in Hozier (1696)

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  The arms in Traversier (1842)

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  The arms in a publication from 1895

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  The arms in the Wappen-Sammlung (+/- 1910)

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  The arms in the Continentale Verlags-Anstalt album, +/- 1910

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  The arms in the Café Sanka album +/- 1932

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  The arms on a tobacco card by Laurens

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  The arms on a trade card

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  The arms on a Barré Dayez Postcard

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  The arms on a postcard by Kroma

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  The arms in the Abadie albums, 1930s

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  Arms on a municipal cover 1993

Literature: J.J. Armorial Général des communes de France, Paris, 1995; Background provided by Thierry MURON <thierry.muron@wanadoo.fr>.

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