Abbey of Munster

ABBEY OF MUNSTER (L'abbaye Saint-Grégoire de Munster (Haut-Rhin))

Country : France
Denomination : Roman Catholic
Order: Benedictan

Established : 660
Abolished : 1790

Official blazon
French	D'azur, à un saint Grégoire de carnation, vêtu pontificalement d'une tiare d'or et d'une chape de même, brodée et doublée de gueules, sur une aube d'argent, ayant la crabe patriarcale d'or et sa crosse de même passées en sautoir devant lui, et appuyant ses mains sur un cartouche aussi d'or, dans lequel est un écusson d'azur, chargé d'un grand portail d'église d'argent pavillonné et croisé d'or entre deux hautes tours aussi d'argent pavillonnées et croisées d'or, la tête du saint accostée à senestre d'une colombe volante d'argent.
English	blazon wanted

The arms show the patron saint of the abbey, St. Gregory, with a small shield with an image of the abbey.

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