François-Nicolas Besson

FRANÇOIS-NICOLAS-XAVIER-LOUIS BESSON

Born : October 5, 1821
Deceased : Novemer 18, 1888

Bishop of Nîmes, 1875-1888

Official blazon

Ecartele : au 1er de gueules, à la croix pattee d'or; au 2e d'azur, au lion naissant d'or, lampassé d'argent brochant sur neuf billettes du même ; au 3e d'azur, à la colombe d'or soutenant un philactère d'argent, portant l'inscription: S. Johannas, et adextrée d'une main bénissante d'or; au 4° de gueules, à la main mouvant du flanc senestre portant une palme et sortant d'un nuage, le tout d'argent.

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