Arms of a Danish Lutheran Bishop

Marcus Karlsson
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Arms of a Danish Lutheran Bishop

Postby Marcus Karlsson » 12 Mar 2014, 19:29

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Arms of Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard (1890-1979) Bishop of Copenhagen 1934-60. These Arms was created when the Bishop was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog in March 1960.
Picture from Heraldisk Tidskrift Special Issue 1984.

My try at a Blason: Azure an Hour Glass Argent acompanied in chief by a Eigth pointed Star Or between two Luther Roses Argent each charged with a heart Gules where upon a Cross Sable. The shield placed upon two Croziers in saltire Or. An set on a scroll above the Shield the Motto: Deo et Proximo.


The Hour Glass and Star symbolises the transience of Life. The Luther Rose is a often used symbol among Lutheran clergy. For Bishop Fuglsang-Damgaard it also had a special family meaning. As both in his own and in the Family of his Wife, there was the tradition that they had ancestry from Martin Luther himself.

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