- 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.”
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on January 1, 1900, in Volume 0, page 0 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of the College of Arms, London.
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Individual
The recipient’s emblems were originally created by the College of Arms, London, 17 January 1967, for his cousin Alfred Harold Joseph Swencisky, and subsequently recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 11 May 1968.