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Arms of the Scottish Bishoprics (1917)

Lyon, William Towers · Selkirk : Scottish Chronicle · leaf 85

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only variation of the diocesan arms is that used bvBishop James Ramsay (1684). He bore on his episcopal seala shield charged with one figure, St. Peter, for the see ofRoss, quartered with his paternal arms. The arms of the diocese of Ross should be blazoned thus, Argent, on the sinister side, St.… … CHAPTER XII. Caithness. The arms of the diocese of Caithness are of comparativelymodern origin, and cannot be regarded as very satisfactory,being merely of a conventional nature. They have no particu-lar connection with the diocese or its history ; the coupedsaltires have a rather insignificant…

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