Anthony John King Mussio

ANTHONY JOHN KING MUSSIO

Born : June 13, 1902
Deceased : April 15, 1978

Bishop of Steubenville, 1945-1977

Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The personal coat of arms of the Bishop consists of a silver eagle on a red field. The eagle, which bears a halo is the heraldic designation of St. John, who is the Bishop's principal patron. His secondary patron, St. Anthony of Padua, is symbolized by a silver heraldic cross of St. Anthony or the Tau cross, so called because it is shaped like the Greek letter Tau ( T.) The cross is on a red field.

Superimposed upon the eagle is a brisare, which contains a red ploughshare on a field of gold, to indicate the city of Cincinnati, the Bishop's place of origin.

The motto "Caritas Urget Nos" means Charity Impels Us.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.

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