Barão de São João

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BARÃO DE SÃO JOÃO

Municipality : Lagos
District : Faro

Official blazon

Escudo de verde, Agnus Dei de prata, com um lábaro do mesmo, hasteado de ouro e carregado de uma cruz firmada, de vermelho; em chefe, coronel de barão, de ouro, com suas pérolas e rubis. Coroa mural de prata de três torres. Listel branco com a legenda a negro “ BARÃO DE SÃO JOÃO “.

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on January 28, 2000.

The arms are canting; the name means Baron of Saint John. The crown in the upper half is a baron's crown. The lower half shows a Agnus Dei (Paschal Lamb), the symbol of St. John.

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