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|align="center"|[[File:richmond-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of  {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Richmond
|align="center"|[[File:richmond-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of  {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Richmond
|align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of  {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Baltimore
|align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of  {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Baltimore (until 1911)
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|align="center"|[[File:Baltimore-gibbons.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of  {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Cardinal
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The three leopards' faces are taken from the arms of the Gibbons family of Ireland. The escallop shell on the fess is one of the symbols of St. James the Apostle, the Cardinal's baptismal patron. <br>
The three leopards' faces are taken from the arms of the Gibbons family of Ireland. The escallop shell on the fess is one of the symbols of St. James the Apostle, the Cardinal's baptismal patron. <br>
The motto is taken from the Psalm 103, verse 30: Emitte Spiritum Tuum et creabuntur, et renouabis faciem terrae, which is translated: "Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created, and thou shalt renew the face of the earth."
The motto is taken from the Psalm 103, verse 30: Emitte Spiritum Tuum et creabuntur, et renouabis faciem terrae, which is translated: "Thou shalt send forth thy spirit, and they shall be created, and thou shalt renew the face of the earth."
Until 1910, Archbishop Gibbons had another coat of arms which was blazoned: <br>
Impaled. Vert and azure, at dexter an archbishop's pall proper; at sinister the Holy Spirit argent, radiant or, descending from clouds of the third, in base a globe of the fourth. The motto was the same.


His arms in Richmond were quite different as can be seen above.
His arms in Richmond were quite different as can be seen above.
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