Peyrusse-Massas

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PEYRUSSE-MASSAS

Département : Gers

Blason de Peyrusse-Massas/Coat of arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME
Official blazon
French Coupé-crénelé: au 1er parti au I d'or à la porte crénelée d'argent chargée de trois bandes d'azur et ouverte du champ, au II de sinople à la croix fleurdelisée rayonnante d'argent, au 2e de gueules à la biche regardant couchée d'argent, senestrée d'une flèche en pal, pointe en haut, de sable brochant sur une main senestre d'argent.
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Origin/meaning

The arms were officially adopted on March 23, 2017.

The division line and the gate in the first quarter refer to the local castle The colours are those of the Massas family who owned the castle for a long time.

The cross fleury is taken from the arms of Jacques d'Astorg, Baron de Peyrusse-Massas, musketeer of King Louis XIV.

The lower half refers to St. Giles, the local patron saint. According to legend St Giles was born in Athens then went to Rome before retiring to the current department of Gard, in the South of France. He lived alone, as a hermit in a forest, when suddenly a frightened doe came towards him. Dogs barked and the petrified doe went behind St Giles. An arrow was drawn by one of the hunters, St Giles raised his hand, stopped the arrow and saved the doe. The King immediately stopped the hunt before this miracle. To be forgiven, he built an abbey in the Gard of which Saint Giles became the abbot.

Literature: Image from http://www.armorialdefrance.fr


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