- The Governor General of Canada
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Philip Rodger Beattie
Kelowna, British Columbia
Registration of Arms
April 20, 2021
Vol. VII, p. 337
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a pale Sable between in chief two mascles Gules and in base two keys wards outwards and downwards Azure, a mascle between two cross-crosslets Argent, all within a bordure indented Gules;
Motto
LUMEN COELESTE SECUTUS;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The white shield with two red mascles and two blue keys flanking a black vertical stripe charged with another mascle are elements found in other Scottish Beattie coats of arms. The cross-crosslets allude to Bishop Beattie’s vocation and also appear in the arms of Wycliffe College, Toronto, of which he was a graduate. The indented border is a Scottish method of differencing.
Motto
This Latin phrase, meaning “Having followed the heavenly light,” is a variant of the traditional Beattie family motto.