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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
* (personal arms) Azure, upon а chevron of double width Or а seme of crosses Gules; to chief dexter а rose of the second and to sinister а lily Agent; in base а lion's hear couped of the second. | |||
===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. | |||
This chevron gives the illusion of two mountains; а gold one and а blue one. The gold mountain (the chevron) is charged with а scattering of red crosses to represent the Bishop's home city of [[Pasto]], in southwestern Colombia, which is known as "The Theological City." The lower mountain (part of the blue field) has а golden lion's head to represent the Evangelist, Saint Mark, who is the titular patron of the parish in Clarkesville, Georgia, оп а mountain, where Bishop Zarama served as pastor. | |||
Above the chevron are а gold rose Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, also known as ''Тhе Little Flower," and а silver lilу for Saint Joseph, who have served as Bishop Zarama's particular patron throughout his life as а priest and as а bishop. | |||
He selected for his motto the Latin phrase "DEUS CARIТAS EST." This phrase "GOD IS LOVE" is the title of an encyclical Ьу His Holiness, Роре Benedict XVI. | |||
The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. | |||
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[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Information from the Archdiocese of Atlanta | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Zarama]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Zarama]] | ||