The Governor General of Canada

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Differenced Arms for Felicia Anne Di Fazio, daughter of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio

Luigi Antonio Di Fazio

Windsor, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Flag and Badge, with differences to Felicia Anne Di Fazio, Samantha Marie Di Fazio and Alexandra Nicole Di Fazio
February 15, 2016
Vol. VI, p. 587

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Blazon

Arms

Or a Jerusalem cross between three hazelnuts Gules;

Crest

A griffin segreant per fess Gules and Or armed, wearing a laurel wreath and holding a rose ensigned by a coronet erablé Or;

Motto

HUMILITAS CORAM DEO;

Flag

A standard, the Arms in hoist the fly tierced in bend sinister Gules Sable and Gules charged with the Crest between two representations of the Badge all separated by two bends sinister Argent inscribed with the Motto in letters Sable;

Badge

Four hazelnuts in cross caps inward Or surmounted by a cross potent Gules;

Differenced Arms for Felicia Anne Di Fazio, daughter of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio

The Arms of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio debruised of a three-point label Azure during her father’s lifetime, This individual will inherit the Arms of the Recipient following his or her death;

Differenced Arms for Samantha Marie Di Fazio, daughter of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio

The Arms of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio within a bordure compony Or and Gules.

Differenced Arms for Alexandra Nicole Di Fazio, daughter of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio

The Arms of Luigi Antonio Di Fazio within a bordure Gules.

Symbolism

Arms

The Jerusalem cross represents Mr. Di Fazio’s standing as a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The hazelnuts symbolize knowledge and wisdom as well as healing and reconciliation, attributes important for Mr. Di Fazio’s work in the role of teaching in both secular and sacred fields.

Crest

The rose alludes to Mr. Di Fazio’s birthplace, Windsor, Ontario, known as “the city of roses”. The griffin holding the rose and maple leaf coronet represents Mr. Di Fazio’s strong support for the Canadian constitutional monarchy. The laurel wreath is a symbol of victory, and for Mr. Di Fazio its use here alludes to Christ’s victory over death. A griffin is found in the arms of Agnone, Italy, the birthplace of Mr. Di Fazio’s wife Elena. The eagle part of the griffin also represents Rome, the birthplace of his father, for which in ancient times the eagle was a prominent symbol; the lion part represents the province of Frosinone, Italy, where his mother was born, and which bears a lion in its arms.