- The Governor General of Canada
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Peter Julian Michael Swan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Registrations of Arms
February 20, 2025
Vol. VIII, p. 355
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a horseshoe heels in chief environing a cross patté Or, all within a bordure compony-counter-compony Or and Gules;
Motto
NUNQUAM CEDAMUS;
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The yellow horseshoe and cross on a blue background are the Jastrzębiec clan’s coat of arms used since the Middle Ages by many Polish families, including the Święcicki family of whom Father Swan is a descendant. The border makes this design unique to the descendants of his ancestor Julian Constantine Andrew Święcicki.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “We shall never yield.”