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The arms were officially granted on December 23, 1570. | The arms were officially granted on December 23, 1570. | ||
Corpus Christi College was founded in 1352 by the Cambridge Guild of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The arms thus show a pelican in its piety (for the body of Christ, Corpus Christi) and in the second and third three lily-flowers slipped and leaved all argent as a symbol for St. Mary. | |||
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