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As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop. | ||
The silver pegasus is taken | The silver pegasus is taken from some Quinn family from Ireland (not related to the Archbishop though). At the base of the shield is a golden rose found on the arms of the Orsini family, whose Roman house and villa eventually carne to house the North American College, which Archbishop Quinn attended as a seminary student. In the original version of the arms, as used as Auxiliary Bishiop of San Diego San Diego, the Orsini Rose appeared above and to one side of the pegasus; it has been transferred to lts new position to create a better aesthetic balance. | ||
The wounded Heart of Mary, mentioned in Luke 2:35, commemorates the Archbishop's years as rector of lmmaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in San Diego. The heart is seen flanked by two red stars taken from the arms of Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622). This holy bishop of Geneva is patron of the parish in Riverside, California, where the Archbishop was born, baptized, and confirmed, and of the seminary where he was rector at the time of his appointment to the episcopale. | The wounded Heart of Mary, mentioned in Luke 2:35, commemorates the Archbishop's years as rector of lmmaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in San Diego. The heart is seen flanked by two red stars taken from the arms of Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622). This holy bishop of Geneva is patron of the parish in Riverside, California, where the Archbishop was born, baptized, and confirmed, and of the seminary where he was rector at the time of his appointment to the episcopale. | ||