Patrick Joseph Barry
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PATRICK JOSEPH BARRY
Born : November 15, 1868
Deceased : August 12, 1940
Bishop of Saint Augustine, 1922–1940
Official blazon
Impaled. Dexter: Quarterly gules and argent, over all a heart in less point transfixed by an arrow bendways or (See of St. Augustine); Sinister: Gules, three bars between as many trefoils argent (Barry).
Motto : Gentium custos Deus
Origin/meaning
As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.
The personal arms of the Bishop is based upon the "canting arms" of Barry, Earl of Barrymore who bears: Barry of six argent and gules. The trefoils added are for St. Patrick, the Bishop's name Patron, and for Ireland his native country.
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Literature : Brassard, 1962