e.By so blazoning the arms of the diocese, we would avoida slavish copy of the city armorial bearings, and as diocesanarms they would gain in significance from the allusion tothe first Bishop. The arms then may be blazoned thus :— Argent, on a mount in base vert, a hazel tree ; pendent from abough… … CHAPTER XV. Galloway. The name of St. Ninian, the earliest known ScottishBishop, must always be connected with the diocese ofGalloway. He was the first Bishop of the ancient see : thecathedral was dedicated to him and St. Martin of Tours :his effigy is represented on the diocesan arms as recordedin…
Heraldry, Sacred
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