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 ===Official blazon===
-*(abbot) Quarterly, 1 and 4 Or, two crows sable (Abbey of Einsiedeln) 2 and 3 Or, a Z-shaped mark Sable, charged in the centre with a small X of the same, and placed between two five-pointed stars gules (Gut). The shield, surmounted by an abbot's mitre and resting against a crozier in pale, is placed under an Episcopal Hat vert with 12 tassels (showing that the Abbot exercises episcopal jurisdiction over the surrounding territory). Supporter : St. Benno, the Abbot's Patron, in cope and mitre, holding a staff.<br>
+*(abbot) Quarterly, 1 and 4 Or, two crows sable 2 and 3 Or, a Z-shaped mark Sable, charged in the centre with a small X of the same, and placed between two five-pointed stars gules. The shield, surmounted by an abbot's mitre and resting against a crozier in pale, is placed under an Episcopal Hat vert with 12 tassels. Supporter : St. Benno, in cope and mitre, holding a staff.<br>
 Motto: GAUDETE IN DOMINO SEMPER
 ===Origin/meaning===
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+As abbot his arms quarter the arms of Einsiedeln Abbey (crows) with his personal arms. The supporter in the aarms as abbot is St. Benno, his patron saint.
+As cardinal he used only his personal arms, however, with the field colour purple, instead of gold as abbot.
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