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The earliest blazoning of the arms of the Holy See is that found in Froissart's Chronicles of 1353, which describes them as "gules two keys in saltire argent". [12] From the beginning of the 14th century, the arms of the Holy See had shown this arrangement of two crossed keys, most often with a gold key in bend and a silver in bend sinister, but sometimes with both keys or (gold), less often ...
Arms of Innocent VIII (Giovanni Battista Cybo, 1484–1492) as shown in the contemporary Wernigerode Armorial.The coat of arms of the House of Cybo is here shown with the papal tiara and two keys argent in one of the earliest examples of these external ornaments of a papal coat of arms (Pope Nicholas V in 1447 was the first to adopt two silver keys as the charges of his adopted coat of arms).
Early symbols similar to the Chi Rho were the Staurogram and the IX monogram (). In pre-Christian times, the Chi-Rho symbol was also used to mark a particularly valuable or relevant passage in the margin of a page, abbreviating chrēston (good). [3] Some coins of Ptolemy III Euergetes (r. 246–222 BC) were marked with a Chi-Rho. [4]
The insignia of the papacy includes the image of two crossed keys, one gold and one silver, bound with a red cord. This represents the " keys to the Kingdom of Heaven " ( Matthew 16:19 ; cf. Isaiah 22:22 ) and is in many ways the quintessential symbol of the papacy as an institution and of its central role within the Catholic Church.
Luce (Italian: lit. ' Light ') is the official mascot of the Catholic Church's 2025 Jubilee.Designed by tokidoki founder Simone Legno, she represents a Catholic pilgrim.She is accompanied by a pet dog named Santino and three friends named Fe, Xin, and Sky.
Vatican heraldry refers to the heraldry in the Vatican City State.These include the coat of arms of Vatican City and the papal coats of arms.The heraldry of the Vatican also rules the arms and heraldic insignia of Roman Catholic priests, dioceses and abbeys around the world.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic in Byzantine style from the Cefalù Cathedral, Sicily. The most common translation of Pantocrator is "Almighty" or "All-powerful". In this understanding, Pantokrator is a compound word formed from the Greek words πᾶς, pas (GEN παντός pantos), i.e. "all" [4] and κράτος, kratos, i.e. "strength", "might", "power". [5]