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Coat o airms o Pape Leo XIV

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Coat o airms o Pape Leo XIV
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ArmigerPape Leo XIV
Adoptit2025
MottoIn Illo Uno Unum (Latin: "In the Ane, we are ane")
Coat o airms o Robert Francis Prevost as a cardinal

On 8 Mey 2025, Pape Leo XIV became the pape. He keepit the same coat o airms an motto that he uised as a bishop.

Coat o airms

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The coat o airms shawes the Pape’s love for Jesus, Mary, an the Church. It alsae shawes that he is frae the Order of Saint Augustine.

Shield

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The shield haes twa pairts:[1][2]

  • The tap pairt is blue. It haes a white lily. The lily means the Virgin Mary.
  • The bottom pairt haes a licht colour. It shawes a red heart on a closed book. An arrow gaes throu the hert. This comes frae Saint Augustine. He said that God’s word tuiched his hert.

The Latin motto is In Illo Uno Unum. It means: "In the Ane, we are ane." It comes frae Saint Augustine. It means that Christians are ane in Jesus Christ.[2][3][4]

Papal symbols

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The coat o airms alsae haes papal signs:[1]

  • A mitre (heidwear),
  • Twa crossed keys ahint the shield.

Meanin

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The coat o airms shawes that Pape Leo XIV wants fowk tae love Jesus, honour Mary, an be ane Church. It shawes his faith an his Augustinian wey o life.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Pope Leo XIV's motto and coat of arms - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Inglis). 10 Mey 2025. Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Symbolism of the emblem that is on Pope Leo's coat of arms". Aleteia (in Inglis). Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Pope Leo XIV's motto and coat of arms - Vatican News". www.vaticannews.va (in Inglis). 10 Mey 2025. Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.
  4. "Vatican releases Pope Leo XIV's official portrait and signature showing return to tradition". Catholic News Agency (in Inglis). Retrieved 27 Januar 2026.

Ootside airtins

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