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Coat of arms

DETAILED (MULTILINGUAL) DESCRIPTION AT THE HOLY SEE WEBSITE: of His Holiness Benedict XVI (The Holy See).

Deutsch: Der mit der bischöflichen Mitra gekrönte Schild ist in drei Felder geteilt, die spezielle heraldische Symbole tragen:

Links (heraldisch rechts) der

aus dem  des Erzbistum München-Freising, wo Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger Erzbischof war.

Rechts (heraldisch links) der Bär des Hl. Korbinian, Schutzpatron des Bistums München-Freising, aus dem Freisinger .
Unten (heraldisch unten) eine Jakobsmuschel, die für die Pilgerreise steht. Sie bezieht sich auf eine Legende über den Kirchenvater Augustinus. Die Muschel fand sich auch im des ehem. Schottenklosters St. Jacob in Regensburg, in dem Benedikt XVI. seine Laufbahn als Priester begann.

Hinter dem schild befinden sich die gekreuzten Schlüssel des Petrus, die für den Papst als Stellvertreter Gottes auf Erden stehen. Ein zusätzliches Element ist das Pallium, eine Art Stola, die von römisch-katholischen Metropoliten über dem Messgewand getragen wird und das in diesem Fall den Papst als Erzbischof und Metropolit von Rom kennzeichnet.

Als erster Papst der Neuzeit verzichtete Benedikt XVI. auf die Tiara im und wählte statt dessen die Bischofsmitra.

English: The of Pope Benedict XVI. Gules chapé ployé Or / "tierced in mantle". The crown with the episcopal miter plate is divided into three fields that carry specific heraldic symbols:

Left (heraldic dexter) of the

from the  of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, where Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was Archbishop.

Right (heraldic sinister) the bear of St. Corbinian, patron saint of the diocese of Munich and Freising, from the city .
Below is a scallop, which stands for the pilgrimage. It refers to a legend about St. Augustine. The mussel is also found in the of Scots Monastery, Regensburg, in which Benedict XVI. began his career as a priest.

Behind the shield are the Keys of Heaven, which by Christian tradition were received by St. Peter from Jesus as a symbol of Papal authority. On top, it is adorned with a bishop's miter and a pallium instead of the traditional three-tiered papal tiara.

Español: De gules, cortinado curvado alzado de oro con una vieiria de oro en punta, a la derecha, una cabeza de negro al natural, con corona, collar y labios de gules; y anillado de oro, a la izquierda un oso al natural, lampasado y cargado de gules con cuerdas en cruz de sable para sujetar la carga.

Blazon

Deutsch: «Freisinger Mohr»

English: “Moor of Freising”

Tincture

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Date

2005-05-07updated 18:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Artist

Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo a designed the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.

This vector image was created with by Piotr Michał Jaworski; PioM _EN _DE _PL for Commons.

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To nie jest wersja realizacja herbu Benedykta XVI identyczna z oficjalną wykładnią aktów normatywnych Stolicy Apostolskiej, jest to grafika przypominająca herb Benedykta XVI i jako konkretna realizacja autorska jest objęta prawem autorskim.	This isn't official coat of arms of Benedict XVI this graphic, is only a picture, it is only similar to coat of arms of Benedict XVI, so it is copyrighted and you can use it according to its license.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:28, 26 February 2020	762 × 1,021 (32 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed symmetry. Corrected imperfection at shield angle (top left). Centered "pallium". No other changes.
	17:57, 24 February 2020	762 × 1,021 (32 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed svg display anomaly for "keys" (anomaly not displayed in png images). No other changes.
	17:15, 24 February 2020	762 × 1,021 (32 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Fixed path imperfections for "bear", "keys" and "red rope". Fixed geometry for small lateral "crosses" (in previous versions slight deformed). No other changes.
	16:07, 22 February 2020	762 × 1,021 (32 KB)	FDRMRZUSA	Corrected symmetry for "keys". Fixed path imperfections for "red cord" (keys). Corrected path imperfection for black border shield (top angles). Redesigned white band (under the shield): previuos version slight deformed. Added margin (5 pixel) around the image. Optimized svg code with code cleanup and reduction. No other changes.
	13:16, 13 January 2013	750 × 1,000 (42 KB)	MaxxL	fixed keys
	04:02, 1 July 2011	750 × 1,000 (59 KB)	Giro720	Fixing svg syntax and making it plain (keeping the metadata and copyright notice).
	15:20, 3 October 2010	750 × 1,000 (77 KB)	Tom-L	Fixed the colors, redid some small stuff.
	20:32, 1 June 2006	750 × 1,000 (72 KB)	Piom	update (recover info, bigger)
	18:26, 1 June 2006	275 × 375 (72 KB)	Piom	{{subst:User:Piom/cccoa\|07 V 2005 updated ~~~~~\|-}}