Herbert Armstrong Bevard

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HERBERT ARMSTRONG BEVARD

Born : February 24, 1946
Deceased :

Bishop of Saint Thomas, 2008-2020

Official blazon

• (personal arms) per bend Azure a mullet Argent, Or from dexter an arm proper habited Gules, holding a model of a church proper.

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 arms of Bishop Bevard are divided by a diagonal line into sections of blue and gold, a reference to the surf and sand of the Virgin islands in chief a white star, a symbol Of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In her litany she is called Stella Maris, the "Star of the Sea" who guides us safely to Christ her Son. It also calls to mind the arms of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia - where Bishop Bevard sewed as a priest for 36 years - which display a similar white star for Our Lady at the top of a blue pennant.

In the gold part of the field a hand supports a model of a church. Bishop Bevard' s baptismal patron, Saint Herbert (died 687), a priest and hermit who lived in the Lake District of England, is often depicted holding a chapel, a replica of the hermitage in which he spent many years in prayer and communion with God Here the hand holds a model of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Charlotte Atnalie, Saint Thomas.

Taken together the charges of Bishop Bevard's personal arms signify the bishop entrusting the faithful of his diocese (represented by the cathedral) to the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This symbolism is also reflected in the Bishop's motto, Sub tuum praesidium, that is, "Under your protection".

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