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,. The shield? Lt divided by a line | |||
drawn • t the angle of a chevron the | |||
portion of the fie Id above the chev .. | |||
ron being red and the portion be .. | |||
, low beinR gold. In the upper left .. | |||
hand corner, as one looks at the | |||
shield. there ls an eagle with wings | |||
adciorsed and inverted, preparing to | |||
r fse. In the upJ)er right-hand corlier | |||
appears a rose \\'ith a stnlk a.nd | |||
two leaves.. The figures of tl1c eagle | |||
and rose appear in gold. | |||
A green oak tree issues from a | |||
,reen base in the lower portion ot | |||
the chevron!, and on the base of the | |||
tree ii a Roman sword placed in a | |||
horizontal position with the point toTratd | |||
the left. Superimposed on the | |||
, ·word la a Roman helmet, facing | |||
t ,e left. Behind and surrr1ounting | |||
t ,e shield is a processional cross. | |||
tet\veen R miter and a crosier. Sur- | |||
- r ,ounting these ornaments is a pont | |||
ficAI ha.t , with six tassels on either | |||
1 de. d ispc,scd in rows of one, t,vo | |||
• . ,ci three. | |||
- ThP. green oak tree, the central | |||
flgure on the shield, is the traditional | |||
heraldic charge of the O'Connor | |||
family of Roscommon, the at.rony- | |||
11 used to represent St. John, t e | |||
ro1e tor St. Therese of Llsieux. better | |||
known as the Little Flower. John | |||
II Bishop o·connor's middle name | |||
and the eagle is shown rising, be. | |||
cause a bishop aa one · of the successors | |||
of the ·a postlea. is commis- · | |||
1loned and has the duty of actively | |||
~reading the gospel to those \\'ithin | |||
hJJ ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. | |||
- ----- .. | |||
The rose, representing St. Tl1erese, | |||
appears because she was canonized | |||
during the reign of the late Pope | |||
Plus Xl. w~o had a special d.evotio.n | |||
to her a_nd 1t wc1s during his 11lustr1- | |||
ous rei~n that Bishop O'Connor was | |||
ordained | |||
· The golden sword and helmet represent | |||
St. Mortin of Tours, whos-e | |||
name Bishop O'Con11or \\'as given in | |||
bJptism. St. Martin was a Roman | |||
Q fficer who \Vas con \rerted to the | |||
( 'atholic f,t•ith and e\rcntuall\' became • | |||
1 l.shop of Tours, in 372 A . . D. Tradi~ | |||
t .on tells us that w l1ile still a ca techumen. | |||
St. Martin cut his cloak in | |||
halt -with his sword on a bitter cold | |||
nl . ht and gave one half of it to a | |||
Lord appeared to him with t e hall | |||
of the cloak he had given to the | |||
be~gar and con:plimented ~i~ _on his | |||
· 1rit ot charity. The d1v1s1on of | |||
angular e ect. since the tri a ngle | |||
has alway~ .been" a symbol for representin~ | |||
the Blessed Trinity. | |||
The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop. | |||
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