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The red and gold are traditional Spanish colors, signifying that the area around Santa Fe was, for a long time, a Spanish Colony. | The red and gold are traditional Spanish colors, signifying that the area around Santa Fe was, for a long time, a Spanish Colony. | ||
The archdiocesan coat of arms were originally designed by the herbalist Pierre Chaignon de la Rose in 1920 at the request of Archbishop Daeger. The original colors were red and gold. That design was changed to make the crossed arms of Christ and St. Francis in their proper colors in 1998, after Archbishop Sheehan arrived in 1993. | |||
The arms of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi are based on the diocesan arms: | |||
{|align="center" | {|align="center" | ||
|align="center"|[[File:santafe2.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms of the Basilica | |||
|align="center"|[[File:santafe1.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms near the cathedral <br>(Image by David Commini) | |align="center"|[[File:santafe1.rel.jpg|center|300 px|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms near the cathedral <br>(Image by David Commini) | ||
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