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===Official blazon===
===Official blazon===
Argent, a bend of five lozenges azure between in chief a sword and in base the Cross of Saint Chad both gules.


===Origin/meaning===
===Origin/meaning===
The lozenge bend could point to [[Birmingham]] in England.
The five blue lozenges or diamond shapes charges appear in the arms of [[Birmingham]] in the U.K.; the red cross of Saint Chad reminds us of the titular saint of the metropolitan cathedral of the archdiocese of Birmingham in the U.K., and the upright sword is the symbol of Saint Paul, patron of the Birmingham, Alabama cathedral.




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