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Armorial Bearings of the RC Diocese of Reykjavik

Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 20:58
by Marcus Karlsson
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Armorial Bearings of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavik, Iceland. As done by Salman Diweny on Wikimedia Commons.

Re: Armorial Bearings of the RC Diocese of Reykjavik

Posted: 21 Apr 2016, 21:27
by Chris Green
This must be one of the smallest RC dioceses in the whole world, with less than 12,000 faithful, two-thirds of whom are temporary residents. The fleur-de-lis probably commemorates the fact that Roman Catholicism was re-introduced to Iceland by French priests in the 1850s.

Re: Armorial Bearings of the RC Diocese of Reykjavik

Posted: 23 Apr 2016, 19:22
by Michael F. McCartney
Beautifully simple arms!