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12th-century seal of Stefan of Uppsala is enclosed in a vesica piscis. Seals in use outside the Church, such as this Knights Templar Seal, were circular.. Heraldry developed in medieval Europe from the late 11th century, originally as a system of personal badges of the warrior classes, which served, among other purposes, as identification on the battlefield.
All free emblems, seals, logos and other similar insignia are acceptable for use with this template to the exclusion of heraldic coats of arms. Where there is a doubt, for example Cold-War-Era Eastern European emblems and seals that often incorporated some elements of heraldic design, this template errs on the side of inclusion.
Seal of Thomas Dease. Thomas Dease was at one time Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath.. He was born in Ireland in 1568 and died in Galway in 1651. He sprang from an ancient Irish family at one time possessing considerable landed property in County Cavan and County Westmeath.
The seal-making device is also referred to as the seal matrix or die; the imprint it creates as the seal impression (or, more rarely, the sealing). [1] If the impression is made purely as a relief resulting from the greater pressure on the paper where the high parts of the matrix touch, the seal is known as a dry seal ; in other cases ink or ...
Official seal of the Holy See. [1] The crossed keys symbolise the keys of Simon Peter. The keys are gold and silver to represent the power of loosing and binding. The triple crown (the tiara) symbolizes the triple power of the Pope as "father of kings", "governor of the world" and "Vicar of Christ".
The conjunction of these symbols, cants (that is “plays on”) the Bishop’s name for the Spanish word “soto” means a hill or low-mound that is a grove or glen. In this case the trees of the grove are orange trees, for His Excellency was a priest of the Diocese of Orange, and appointed Bishop there.
Popularly, the name is used for any papal document that contains a metal seal. Today, the bull is the only written communication in which the pope will refer to himself as "Episcopus Servus Servorum Dei" ("Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God"). [3] While papal bulls always used to bear a metal seal, they now do so only on the most solemn ...
As a subdean of the diocese of Glasgow he had a close relationship with Bishop William Turnbull. By 1450, de Durisdeer was a dean of the diocese of Aberdeen, and in the period 1451–1453 he effectively became the ambassador of King James II of Scotland to the papal court. De Durisdeer was highly thought of by Pope Nicholas V.