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St. Paul's Cathedral
London, Ontario
Grant of Arms
May 24, 1989
Vol. I, p. 24
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Blazon
Arms
Gules a sword in pale point in chief Argent hilt and pommel Or surmounted in fess point by a book expanded proper bound Or in dexter chief a trefoil slipped and in sinister chief a mullet of six points Or;
Motto
SPIRITUS GLADIUS;
Symbolism
Arms
The open book and the sword are the heraldic symbols for St. Paul. The shamrock represents Bishop Benjamin Cronyn, the Irish-born first Bishop of Huron. The star represents Bishop Isaac Hellmuth, who came from a Polish Jewish family, was the diocese’s second bishop and first cathedral dean, and who also founded the University of Western Ontario.
Motto
This Latin phrase means "The sword of the spirit" (Ep 6:17).