(The Conversation) — In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the identifying symbol of Augustine, a heart pierced by an arrow.

Pope Leo XIV has announced his motto and coat of arms – a long-held tradition for ... and the lower shows the emblem of the Order of St. Augustine – an order to which he belongs.

his life and ministry as a member of the Augustinian order and his focus on the unity of the church are reflected in his episcopal motto and coat of arms. When he appeared on the balcony of St ...

and even theological focuses of the first-ever American successor to St. Peter. The Vatican released the Bishop of Rome’s official coat of arms on Saturday. It depicts an upper portion marked ...

Pope Leo XIV has announced his motto and coat of arms – a long-held tradition for ... and the lower shows the emblem of the Order of St. Augustine – an order to which he belongs.

Office of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff (UCEPO) / X This return to traditional elements accompanies Leo’s papal coat of arms ... phrase taken from St. Augustine’s ...

Read also: In the second field of the coat of arms, there is a burning heart pierced by an arrow, a symbol of the Augustinian order. This emblem refers to the words of St. Augustine from ...

The lower part of the coat of arms showcases a closed book with a heart pierced by an arrow, representing the conversion of St. Augustine. St. Augustine described his experience with the words ...

This return to traditional elements accompanies Leo’s papal coat of arms. The heraldic design features ... we are one”), a phrase taken from St. Augustine’s commentary on Psalm 127.

With those words, one of the most enduring symbols in Christendom, the keys of St. Peter, was created ... They are crossed in the Holy See’s coat of arms, one gold and one silver.

On Sunday, May 18, Pope Leo XIV will celebrate the Mass of inauguration of his Petrine ministry in St. Peter’s Square ... his papacy is that his coat of arms’ fleur-de-lis reflects his ...

A 17th-century stained glass image of St. Augustine. Artist Tobias Müller, 1622. Michel M. Raguin, with the permission of the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ, U.S.