medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 30/03/2011 15:19, Rosemary Hayes-Milligan and Andrew Milligan wrote:
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> I do not think that any of the shields will be related to the heraldry of patrons, as Henk suggests. The church was built 110 years ago from an Austrian kit for the Catholic Irish servants of the protestant profession class hereabouts and I doubt if there were any arms-bearing patrons. Other symbols are definitely saints, relating to the evangelists, BVM, St James, etc.
I think you have largely answered your own question: the 'kit' came with
shields, and these have been decorated with saints' attributes, symbols,
etc. Nothing to do with heraldry at all!
John Briggs
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