Coat of Arms of Pope Francis

[R_C]

It has been revealed

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ncisci_I.svg/189px-Signum_Francisci_I.svg.png

Yes, the design is just like the one he had as Cardinal.

My translation below…bear with me

The Shield
In the essential tracts, Pope Francis decided to conserve his previous coat of arms, chosen ever since his episcopal consecration and characterized by a linear simplicity.

The blue shield has the symbols of the pontifical dignity, equal to those willed by the predecessor Benedict XVI …]. Above is the emblem of the order of provenience of the Pope, the Company of Jesus …] below are the star and the Nard flower. The star, according to the ancient heraldic tradition, is a symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary, mother of Christ ad of the Church; while the Nard flower indicates Saint Joseph, patron of the universal Church. In the Hispanic iconographic tradition, in fact, Saint Joseph is represented holding a branch of Nard. By placing in his shield these images, the Pope wanted to express his own particular devotion to the Most Blessed Virgin and Saint Joseph.

The Motto

The motto of Holy Father Francis is taken from the Homilies of Saint Bede the Venerable, priest (Om. 21; CCL 122, 149-151), who, commenting the evangelic episode of the vocation of St. Matthew, writes: “Vidit ergo lesus publicanum et quia miserando atque eligendo vidit, ait illi Sequere me” (Jesus saw a publican, and since he looked at him with feeling of love and chose him, he told him: Follow me).

This homily is a homage to the divine mercy and is reproduced in the Liturgy of the Hours on the feast of Saint Matthew. It has a particular significance in the life and in the spiritual itinerary of the Pope. In fact, on the feast of Saint Matthew of 1953, the young Jorge Bergoglio experienced at age 17, in a very particular way, the lovely presence of God in his life. After a confession, he felt his heart touched and perceived the descend of God’s mercy, which with a look of tender love called him to religious life, on the example of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Once elected Bishop, H.E. Mons. Bergoglio, in memory of that event that marked the beginning of his total consecration to God in His Church, he decided to chose, as motto and program of life, the expression of Saint Bede miseando atque eligendo, which he wanted to reproduce on his pontifical coat of arms as well.

 

[ringil]

awwwww. . .

No tiara. . .

Just kidding.

 

[aemcpa]

He left off the pallium.

 

[Tarpeian_Rock]

He left off the pallium.

True enough, but I just checked all the papal coats of arms back to Pius VII, and only Benedict XVI’s included the pallium; there was no pallium that I could see on any of the others, so perhaps in that respect it was Benedict that broke with tradition.

 

[aemcpa]

True enough, but I just checked all the papal coats of arms back to Pius VII, and only Benedict XVI’s included the pallium; there was no pallium that I could see on any of the others, so perhaps in that respect it was Benedict that broke with tradition.

Benedict did break with tradition. His predecessors all used the tiara in their coats of arms. He replaced the tiara with the mitre and pallium, which taken together still denote the unique universal authority and jurisdiction of the Pope. A simple mitre doesn’t do that.

 

[The_Scott]

I just found this. Who knows if it’s accurate (since it ultimately comes from an Italian blog)?

Mosetta back again

We’ll see tomorrow.

 

[BillyT926]

Benedict did break with tradition. His predecessors all used the tiara in their coats of arms. He replaced the tiara with the mitre and pallium, which taken together still denote the unique universal authority and jurisdiction of the Pope. A simple mitre doesn’t do that.

Sure it does. All the other clerics have galeros of different colors and numbers of tassels. Only the Pope has a mitre (well the Eastern bishops have the crown mitre as well on their coat of arms)

 

[R_C]

He replaced the tiara with the mitre and pallium, which taken together still denote the unique universal authority and jurisdiction of the Pope. A simple mitre doesn’t do that.

It does, as long as it’s on the head of the bishop of Rome and on his coat of arms, right?

After all, the true symbol of the Petrine authority are the keys. I’ll cry if they ever remove those!

 

[BillyT926]

It does, as long as it’s on the head of the bishop of Rome and on his coat of arms, right?

After all, the true symbol of the Petrine authority are the keys. I’ll cry if they ever remove those!

The Keys aren’t going away, and you’re right, that’s the Petrine Authority. All bishops bind and loose, but only the Successor of St. Peter holds the keys.

 

[YoungTradCath]

The rendering contained in this thread is vastly better than the one I saw at the Vatican website, which isn’t very good at all. In that version, the drawing is terrible and the proportions are off. I hope this better version will be the one used in the Pontificate.