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	Papal Heraldry
		The crowned Moor's head is known in the arms of the bishops of Freising since 1316, and was used after the secularization of Freising in 1803 by the archbishops of Munich.
		Arms of Alexander VII (1655-67) on the Colonnade of Bernini, Saint Peter.
		The arms of the Papal States are: Gules, on an ombrellino gules and or, two keys in saltire or and argent.
	www.heraldica.org /topics/pope.htm (2376 words)

	BENcoat.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A coat of arms consists of a shield bearing several important symbols and surrounded by elements that indicate the person's dignity, rank, title, jurisdiction and more.
		The scallop is also an emblem that features in the coat of arms of the ancient Monastery of Schotten near Regensburg (Ratisbon) in Bavaria, to which Joseph Ratzinger feels spiritually closely bound.
		The Papal mitre shown in his arms, to recall the symbolism of the tiara, is silver and bears three bands of gold (the three powers: Orders, Jurisdiction and Magisterium), joined at the centre to show their unity in the same person.
	www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu /~acampbel/ASCben16/BENcoat.html (1454 words)

	The coat of arms
		The entire "achievement," or coat of arms as it is generally called, is composed of the shield with its charges, the motto and the external ornaments.
		The dexter impalement is given in ecclesiastical heraldry to the arms of jurisdiction; in this instance, the arms of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
		The ermine spots at either side are derived from the coat of arms of Francis Cardinal Spellman, the late Cardinal-Archbishop of New York, by whom Archbishop Donnellan was ordained a priest and consecrated a bishop.
	www.archatl.com /archbishops/donnellan/coatofarms.html (638 words)

	Benedict XVI's Coat of Arms
		All of the elements in the episcopal coat of arms that he already bore as Archbishop of Munich and Freising and then as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have become part of his papal coat of arms as well.
		The coat of arms appeared for the first time in an official commemorative picture that was published by the Vatican on the occasion of the installation of the new Pope.
		It is also displayed in the coat of arms of Cardinal Friedrich Wetter and has been included in the new logo of the Archdiocese of Munich.
	www.benedikt-in-bayern.de /EMF207/EMF020624.asp (554 words)

	The Coat of Arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI
		There is an at least 800-year-old tradition for Popes to have their own personal coat of arms, in addition to the symbols proper to the Apostolic See.
		Indeed, Papal coats of arms appear on buildings and in various publications, decrees and documents.
		The principal field of the coat of arms is the central one which is red.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/benedict_xvi/elezione/stemma-benedict-xvi_en.html (1962 words)

	Papal Coat of Arms - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Every pope of the Roman Catholic Church has his own personal coat of arms that serves as a symbol of his papacy.
		All recent popes' coats of arms contained the image of the papal tiara.
		The papal coat of arms traditionally features a gold and silver key, representing the power to bind and to loose on earth (silver) and in heaven (gold).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Papal_Coat_of_Arms (137 words)

	Vatican - Personal Flag and Arms of Benedict XVI (Part II)
		The coat of arms of the new Pope, Benedict the XVI (Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany) at <
		His arms as archbishop/cardinal incorporate the bear with pack on its back from the arms of the city of Freising, the ancient bishopric that is now the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, as well as the city where young Joseph Ratzinger was educated and ordained.
		Most strange, as it uses not the finnally accepted arms of the pope, but one of the many projects aired when it was found necessary to change Ratzinger's cardinal arms upon his coronation.
	flagspot.net /flags/va_b16_2.html (2295 words)

	Aspects of Church Heraldry
		Arms were borne originally by monarchs, great nobles and knights essentially the noble and warrior classes.
		The accession of Pope Benedict XVI, and the promulgation of his papal coat of arms which appears to change one of the most famous and distinctive of those the papal tiara has ignited a controversy among church heraldists.
		The origins of the papal tiara, or triple crown, go back many centuries, to the camelaucum, or Phrygian cap, which was conferred upon Pope Sylvester I (reigned 314-335) as a sign of the freedom of the Church.
	www.guyselvester.50megs.com /custom4.html (2710 words)

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		The symbols of papal authority, which are the tiara (or triregnum) and the keys of St. Peter or supreme keys, "to bind and to unloose", one in gold and the other in silver, crossed and bound with a red cord, are located directly behind the Pontiff’s personal coat of arms.
		The coat of arms for Pope John Paul II is intended to be a homage to the central mystery of Christianity, that of Redemption.
		The reason for the unusual shift of the vertical part of the cross is striking, if one considers the second object included in the Coat of Arms: the large and majestic capital M, which recalls the presence of the Madonna under the Cross and Her exceptional participation in Redemption.
	www.vatican.va /news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/insigne/sp_ss_scv_stemma-bandiera-sigillo_en.html (728 words)

	Pope Benedict XVI
		The coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI incorporates both papal elements, as well as the elements of the coat of arms he bore as Archbishop of München (Munich) and Freising, and as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
		The style of pallium shown on the coat of arms, with either red or fl crosses on a narrow band of wool, is what is commonly known from the second millennium.
		Also present on the coat of arms is a bear with a pack-saddle, the so-called “Bear of Corbinian." The saintly Bishop Corbinian preached the Christian faith in the Duchy of Bavaria in the 8th century and is considered the spiritual father and patron of the archdiocese.
	www.ewtn.com /pope/life/arms.asp (875 words)

	St. Bernardine Church: The Coat of Arms
		The coat of arms on the left is that of the pope.
		The papal coat of arms has at its top the triple tiara, or crown, which was one of the symbols of the office of pope until Pope Paul VI eliminated it in the name of simplicity.
		He is teacher, he is the sovereign ruler of the city-state of the Vatican, and he is director of the means of grace that the church conveys to the faithful through her exercise of the sacramental life.
	www.davidclaudon.com /StB/arms.html (406 words)

	Vatican City (Holy See) - Personal Flag and Arms of John Paul II
		Coat of Arms (blue, golden cross and letter M) of Pope John Paul II.
		For Paul VI, it was yellow-white with the papal arms in the middle.
		The coat of arms showed on the occasion of the presentation of the new pope is similar to the coat of arms of John Paul II, but it is not the same - the cross and M are there white (argent) unlike in J.P.II's where they were golden (or).
	flagspot.net /flags/va_jp2.html (1596 words)

	Vatican City (Holy See)
		In the personal arms of the popes, the keys are, of course, arranged as in the arms of the Holy See: the other arrangement would be equivalent to treating him as merely the head of that little state.
		It is true, however, that all papal coats-of-arms since the creation of Vatican City in 1929 have placed the gold key handle on the sinister, while the constitutional illustrations of the flag and arms of Vatican City have always placed it on the dexter.
		This shows a square flag with the finial and fringed cravat as described by Fr Becker, however, the size of the Apostolic arms is illustrated at exactly one-half the width of the flag as opposed to the one-third on the Construction Sheet.
	www.fotw.us /flags/va.html (3878 words)

	CNS STORY: Pope drops papal crown from coat of arms, adds miter, pallium
		"Benedict XVI has chosen a coat of arms that is rich in symbolism and meaning, so as to put his personality and his papacy in the hands of history," said Italian Archbishop Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, an expert on heraldry and creator of Benedict XVI's new insignia.
		Nestled on top of the keys lies the unique shield of Pope Benedict, which is based on his coat of arms as archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, and is particularly rich in personal and spiritual symbolism, wrote Archbishop Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo.
		The shell is also present in the coat of arms of the Schotten monastery in Regensburg, Germany, to which the pope "feels very spiritually close," the archbishop said.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0502625.htm (946 words)

	Catholic World News : The bear and the scallop-shell-- a unique papal coat of arms
		All of the elements in the episcopal coat of arms that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (bio - news) bore as Archbishop of Munich and Freising and then as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith have become part of his papal coat of arms as well.
		The coat of arms appeared for the first time in an official commemorative picture that was published by the Vatican on the occasion of the installation of the new Pope; the heraldic insignia are presented there in an outline sketch, however, and not in full color.
		When he became an archbishop he deliberately incorporated this symbol also in his coat of arms as “Jacob’s staff.” It was found in the heraldic insignia of the Schottenkloster in Regensburg, an ancient monastery founded by Irish monks, where the major seminary of that diocese is now located.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36801 (959 words)

	The Pope Blog: Pope Benedict XVI: Papal Coat of Arms Update
		Some have doubted the authenticity of the papal coat of arms that was released by the diocese of Munich and Freising earlier this week, wondering why, if it was the true coat of arms, the Vatican hadn't released it instead.
		Actually, I would find it rather disturbing as well, if the official coat of arms of the Holy Father did away with the tiara because it is a spiritual symbol as well as temporal, there are three because he is the supreme priest, prophet and king of the Church on Earth.
		While the tiara with crossed keys is, and very well may forever remain, the coat of arms of the Vatican City, this certainly has not always been the universal symbol of previous popes on their individual coats of arms.
	thepopeblog.blogspot.com /2005/04/papal-coat-of-arms-update.html (2169 words)

	Benedict and the papacy - Catholic Online
		Papal traditions for him were a like a carpenter’s toolbox — he grabbed the ones he needed, added what wasn’t there and left the others in the box.
		Symbols like the papal coat of arms and the holy door were old and arcane.
		For instance, Benedict returned to the coat of arms tradition that popes have always used, but declined the John Pauline innovation of a papal motto, saying that his papacy stood for any and every expression of faith, hope and charity that is authentic.
	www.catholic.org /views/views_news.php?id=19466 (1195 words)

	Papal Claims to Authority
		The Vatican's papal sacristies of the Sistine Chapel (room of the Copricapi), and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, apparently have nearly twenty papal tiaras, and a few are known to be on permanent display elsewhere.
		Probably the tiara used to dress the statue of Peter, as the oval coat of arms on the lappets appear to be the abbreviated coat of arms of Spain.
		Made by the papal jeweler Tantani to be presented to the pope in November of 1908 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his priesthood (Sept 18, 1858).
	www.aloha.net /~mikesch/claims.htm (11098 words)

	The New Coat of Arms of Pope Benedict XVI
		The New Coat of Arms of Pope Benedict XVI
		The papal miter, represented in Benedict XVI's shield, is silver and has three gold stripes, symbolizing the Supreme Pontiff's three powers: order, jurisdiction and magisterium.
		An absolute novelty in Benedict XVI's shield is the pallium, the woolen stole symbolizing a bishop's authority, and the typical liturgical insignia of the Supreme Pontiff, indicating his responsibility to be the shepherd of Christ's flock.
	www.drvc.org /pope/benedictxvi/crest.html (665 words)

	The Coat of Arms for Pope Benedict XVI - Good News Ministries
		For eight centuries or longer, popes have symbolized the heart of their papal ministries by designing their own personal coat of arms.
		On the back of the shield are the papal keys, in remembrance of Christ's words to Peter: "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you lose on earth shall be loosed in heaven" (Matthew 16:19).
		The papal miter on his shield is silver and has three gold stripes, symbolizing the Supreme Pontiff's three powers: order, jurisdiction and magisterium.
	wordbytes.org /pope/CoatOfArms.htm (602 words)

	Catholic World News : Vatican expert explains papal heraldry
		The Pope's coat of arms is red and gold, and does not include a motto.
		Also, for the first time, the heraldic device does not include the papal tiara-- which had remained in the coats of arms of previous Pontiffs, although the ceremonial use of the tiara had been abandoned by Pope Paul VI.
		The pallium-- the white woolen vestment worn around the neck to symbolize the authority of a metropolitan archbishop-- is draped on the lower part of the device.
	www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36829 (473 words)

	NBC Newschannel 6 Where News Comes First (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was definitively sealed with the papal and Vatican seals before being put inside caskets made of zinc and walnut.
		The outside casket has his name, cross and papal coat of arms.
		The tomb will be covered with a simple stone bearing his name and dates of birth and death.
	www.kpvi.com /index.cfm?page=nbcheadlines.cfm&ID=25257 (117 words)

	Benedict, the Bear, and the Shell Explanation of the Pope's Name and Symbolism in the Papal Coat of Arms
		The papal coat of arms, pictured here on a commemorative card from the Mass of Inauguration, incorporates symbols used in the Holy Father's original heraldic device when he was Archbishop of Munich, and they reflect his German heritage as well as his personal history.
		The Caput Aethiopum (Ethiopian head) is the heraldic symbol of Freising, and is used on the episcopal arms of the bishops of Munich and Freising.
		An innovation in the emblem is that the traditional papal tiara is replaced with a bishops' mitre, whose three stripes represent Christ's three-fold office of prophet, priest and king (teaching, sanctifying and governing) and the stripes are joined with a vertical stripe signifying the unity of these roles in the Vicar of Christ.
	www.adoremus.org /0505Benedict_Symbols.html (765 words)

	MADRID
		The coat of arms is in honour of John Paul II.
		Obviously Madrid has many coats of arms of the kings of Spain and actually most of the churches are decorated by royal coats of arms.
		The comparison shows the addition to the royal coat of arms of references to Italian families, namely the Farnese (on the left) and the Medici (on the right), both extinguished in the mid XVIIIth century and whose rights were inherited by Charles III of Spain.
	members.tripod.com /romeartlover/Madrid.html (357 words)

	Free Press : Pope: Media can spread peace or violence
		Draped underneath the window for the first time was the red tapestry bearing Benedict’s papal coat of arms, which includes traditional elements from his native Bavaria and a nod to St. Augustine.
		Benedict’s coat of arms includes elements that are on the insignia of the diocese of Munich and Friesing, where the former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger served as archbishop from 1977 until he was called to Rome in 1981.
		The bear, which is saddled with heavy packs, symbolizes the weight of the papal office while the mussel dates to a parable by St. Augustine — about whose works Ratzinger wrote his final thesis — and symbolizes diving into the sea of God.
	www.freepress.net /news/8100 (823 words)

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