Bernard O'Reilly

BERNARD O'REILLY

Born : 1 March 1803
Deceased : 23 January 1856

Bishop of Hartford, 1850-1856

Official blazon

Gules, the monogram of Mary interlaced and surmounted by a Latin cross argent.

Motto : Spes Nostra (our hope)

Origin/meaning

The bishop had no personal arms and used the same arms as his predecessors.

However, a vague, image of arms appears in the Proceedings of the First Synod of Hartford (1855), showing different arms with the motto of the Irish O'Reilly clan:

Literature:

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