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|align="center"|[[File:richmond-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Richmond | |align="center"|[[File:richmond-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Richmond | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal/archbishop of Baltimore ( | |align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons1.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal/archbishop of Baltimore (until 1911) | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal/archbishop of Baltimore ( | |align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal/archbishop of Baltimore ( until 1911) | ||
|align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal/archbishop of Baltimore (after 1911) | |align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal/archbishop of Baltimore (after 1911) | ||
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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
As bishop of Richomond | As bishop of Richomond he used St. Mary and Jesus as his arms. He kept using this design for official use in Baltimore until 1911. At the same time he used different arms for personal use in Baltimore, showing the Holy Spirit above a globe. | ||
As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms now showed the arms of the diocese impaled with the new personal arms of the bishop. | As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms now showed the arms of the diocese impaled with the new personal arms of the bishop. | ||
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The motto is taken from the Psalm 103, verse 30: Emitte Spiritum Tuum et creabuntur, et renouabis faciem terrae, which is translated: "Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created, and thou shalt renew the face of the earth." | The motto is taken from the Psalm 103, verse 30: Emitte Spiritum Tuum et creabuntur, et renouabis faciem terrae, which is translated: "Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created, and thou shalt renew the face of the earth." | ||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Brassard, 1962 | [[Literature]] : Brassard, 1962; AER 1889 and 1910 | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Gibbons]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Gibbons]] | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops|Gibbons]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic archbishops|Gibbons]] | ||
[[Category:Catholic cardinals|Gibbons]] | [[Category:Catholic cardinals|Gibbons]] | ||