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LiberalFighter

(50,795 posts) Wed Mar 13, 2013, 04:07 PM Mar 2013

I see both Popes and Cardinals have coat of arms

Seems odd, especially for Cardinals. It looks like the Popes didn't start having coat of arms until #177 in 1216. Must have needed a coat of arms so he could make sure everyone knew that they were his crusaders when they fought in war.

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