Leo Michael Haid

LEO MICHAEL HAID

Born : July 15, 1849
Deceased : July 24, 1924

Apostolic vicar of North Carolina, 1888-1924, titular bishop of Messene
Abott of Belmont Abbey, 1885-1924
Abott Nullius of Belmont Abbey, 1910-1924

Official blazon

Quarterly: I. Azure, a lion rampant, its left foot upon a garb and holding in its right fore-paw a staff paleways, the top ending in a cross of three pine cones, all or; a point sinister argent charged with a bendlet gules (Vicariate of North Carolina) ; 2 and 3, Impaled arms: A. of the Order of St. Benedict: Azure, a mount of three coupeaux I and 2 in base, surmounted by a double cross, its arms patée over-all in fess the word PAX, all or; B. Argent, a pine tree on a champagne vert (Haid); 4. Azure, a lion couchant or, upon a champagne argent, in chief ten stars of six points 5 and 5 of the last (Belmont Abbey).
Motto : Crescat

Origin/meaning

The arms of the Vicariate are based upon those of its founder, Pope Pius IX (Mastai-Ferretti). A garb from one of the early seals of North Carolina has been substituted for the Mastai globe; and, in commemoration of the pine tree which also appears on this seal, the lion has a cross-staff ending in pine cones. In the second and third quarters are the arms of the Order of St. Benedict of whom Bishop Haid was a member. The fourth quarter shows the arms of the Belmont Abbey. The founder (Abbot Leo) and his ten monks are indicated by the lion and the ten stars.

The following arms were listed for Bishop Haid in the Catholic Directory of 1905: