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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Argent, in base water proper, over all an anchor bendwise cabled sable, in dexter chief a mullet azure.<br> | |||
MOTTO: Spes mea Christus. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms are taken "in toto" from the principal partition of the escutcheon of Pope [[Pius X]] who ap pointed him a bishop. The anchor also refers to his motto: "Christ is my hope." The image is borrowed from the Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews, chapter 6, verse 19: "This hope we have, as a sure and firm anchor of the soul, reading even behind the veil." | |||
The blue star in the left corner is one of the symbols of the Blessed Virgin Mary, "Morning Star" and "Star of the Sea " to whom the Prelate had a tender devotion. He is the founder of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, one of the largest Marian shrines in the world, in Washington, DC. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Brassard, 1956 | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Shahan]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic bishops|Shahan]] | ||