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===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The red Phrygian cap honors president Thomas Jefferson for whom the diocesan city is named. The Phrygian cap became a mark of the patriots during the French Revolution. President Jefferson and other writers of the Declaration of Independence proposed including the symbol in the nations official seal. | |||
One crescent honors the State and the other crescent honors the Blessed Virgin Mary in her title of Immaculate Conception, patroness of the RC-Church in the USA. The blue cross stands for the Faith. | |||
====Arms of Bishops==== | ====Arms of Bishops==== | ||
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{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : | [[Literature]] : Information from Hans van Heijningen | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] | [[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses]] | ||