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Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br> | Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br> | ||
Campus/location : [[Cambridge]] | Campus/location: [[Cambridge]] | ||
[[File:cam-corpuschristi.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:cam-corpuschristi.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Quarterly gules and azure, in the first and fourth quarters a pelican in its piety, and in the second and third three lily flowers slipped and leaved all argent. | Quarterly gules and azure, in the first and fourth quarters a pelican in its piety, and in the second and third three lily flowers slipped and leaved all argent. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on December 23, 1570. | The arms were officially granted on December 23, 1570. | ||
{{ | Corpus Christi College was founded in 1352 by the Cambridge Guild of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The arms thus show a pelican in its piety (for the body of Christ, Corpus Christi) and in the second and third three lily-flowers slipped and leaved all argent as a symbol for St. Mary. | ||
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|align="center"|[[File:cam-corpuschristi.woc.jpg|center|300 px|Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms on a [[Wills's - Arms of Oxford and Cambridge Colleges|tobacco card]], (1922) | |||
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