approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,732,226
edits
Bonifaz Sellinger: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
Text replacement - "|}↵===Origin/meaning===" to "|} ===Origin/meaning==="
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "'''Literature''':↵↵↵{{religion}}" to "'''Literature''': {{religion}}") |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "|}↵===Origin/meaning===" to "|} ===Origin/meaning===") |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
| blazon wanted | | blazon wanted | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
As nearly all abbots, he combined the arms of the Abbey with his personal arms. For his personal arms he took symbolism from the legend of St. Bonifatius and the oak of Wodan. Bonifacius cut the oak to show that the old gods were not as powerful as his Christian god. The arms thus show a Christian cross and an oak tree with an axe. | As nearly all abbots, he combined the arms of the Abbey with his personal arms. For his personal arms he took symbolism from the legend of St. Bonifatius and the oak of Wodan. Bonifacius cut the oak to show that the old gods were not as powerful as his Christian god. The arms thus show a Christian cross and an oak tree with an axe. | ||