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|align="center"|[[File:staugustine-curley.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Saint Augustine | |align="center"|[[File:staugustine-curley.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Bishop of Saint Augustine | ||
|align="center"|[[File:baltimore-curley.rel.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/> | |align="center"|[[File:baltimore-curley.rel.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Archbishop of Baltimore | ||
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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
*(personal arms) Sinister: Vert, on a chevron or, three cinquefoils pierced gules. Motto: Quis ut Deus? (Who is like unto God?) | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===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 green field with three cinquefoils on a gold chevron are the arms of the Curley family of Ireland.<br> | |||
The motto : Quis ut Deus? which means "Who is like unto God?" is Latin for the Hebrew Mi-cha-el, the name of St. Michael the Archangel, the baptismal patron of the Archbishop. | |||
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MICHAEL JOSEPH CURLEY
Born : October 12, 1879
Deceased : May 16, 1947
Bishop of Saint Augustine, 1914–1921
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1921–1947
Archbishop of Washington, 1939–1947
 Bishop of Saint Augustine |
 Archbishop of Baltimore |
Official blazon
- (personal arms) Sinister: Vert, on a chevron or, three cinquefoils pierced gules. Motto: Quis ut Deus? (Who is like unto God?)
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 green field with three cinquefoils on a gold chevron are the arms of the Curley family of Ireland.
The motto : Quis ut Deus? which means "Who is like unto God?" is Latin for the Hebrew Mi-cha-el, the name of St. Michael the Archangel, the baptismal patron of the Archbishop.
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