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'''DIOCESE OF LINCOLN''' | '''DIOCESE OF LINCOLN''' | ||
Denomination : Anglican | Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]<br> | ||
Denomination : [[:Category:Anglican heraldry|Anglican]]<br> | |||
Established : 678 as diocese of Lindsey, translated to Leicester 679, to Dorcester 886 and to Lincoln 1072. | |||
[[File:lincoln.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | [[File:lincoln.rel.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | |||
Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale Or; on a chief azure the Virgin. ducally crowned sitting on a throne issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus and in her sinister hand a sceptre, all gold. | Gules, two lions passant guardant in pale Or; on a chief azure the Virgin. ducally crowned sitting on a throne issuant from the chief, in her dexter arm the Infant Jesus and in her sinister hand a sceptre, all gold. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were recorded at the College of Arms. | The arms were recorded at the College of Arms. | ||
The arms first appear upon the seal of William Smith (1496-1514) before which the seals usually bore the figures of the Blessed Virgin and Holy Child. The chief is a continuation of this practice and refers to the dedication of the Cathedral to the Blessed Virgin Mary and All Saints; the lions are the arms attributed to the Norman Kings and commemorate William I under whose ecclesiastical reorganisation the See of Dorchester-on-Thames was transferred to Lincoln. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. | [[Literature]] : Image from [[Wills's Arms of the Bishopric]]. McCarthy: Armoria Sedium. | ||
[[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||
[[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | [[Category:Anglican dioceses]] | ||