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'''{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}''' | |||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sweden|Sweden]]<br> | |||
Denomination : [[:Category:Lutheran heraldry|Lutheran]]<br> | |||
Established : 1170 | |||
[[File:vaxjo.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of the {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
===Official blazon=== | |||
I rött tre avhuggna, tonsurerade manshuvuden av silver, ordnade två och ett. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The Coat of Arms is based on the oldest diocesean Chapter Seal from 1292. It symbolises Unaman, Sunaman and Vinaman nephews of the Missionary Bishop Sigfrid. They where martyred by beheading at Växjö. | |||
[[Category: | ====Arms of Bishops==== | ||
<gallery perrow=0> | |||
File:växjö-lindegård.png|[[Sven Lindegård]] (1973-1991) | |||
File:växjö-hellström.png|[[Jan Arvid Hellström]] (1991-1994) | |||
File:växjö-wejryd.rel.jpg|[[Anders Wejryd]] (1995-2006), Become Archbishop of Uppsala. | |||
File:växjö-thidevall.png|[[Sven Thidevall]] (2006-2010) | |||
File:växjö-johansson.rel.jpg|[[Jan-Olof Johansson]] (2010-2015) | |||
File:växjö-modeus.jpg|[[Fredrik Modéus]] (2015-present) | |||
</gallery> | |||
{{religion}} | |||
{{media}} | |||
[[Heraldic literature - Ecclesiastical heraldry|'''Literature''']]: Nevéus and de Waern, 1992. Pictures of Bishop's Arms by Lokal Profil on Wikimedia Commons. Bishop Wejryd's Arms from the book Bengt Olof Kälde kyrkokonstnär och heraldiker. | |||
[[File:sweden.jpg|50 px|link=Sweden]][[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of Sweden]] | |||
[[Category:Lutheran dioceses]] |
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