Benjamin Joseph Keiley

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BENJAMIN JOSEPH KEILEY

Born : October 13, 1847
Deceased : June 17, 1925

Bishop of Savannah, 1900-1922

Arms (crest) of Benjamin Joseph Keiley

Official blazon

Gules, a Latin cross throughout argent, in dexter chief an heraldic wreath of the second and first ensigned by a rose of the second, in sinister chief two daisies stemmed and leaved of the second, over-all in base an anchor entwined with a dolphin also of the second.
Motto : Dominus meus et Deus meus

Origin/meaning

As common in US episcopal heraldry, the arms show the arms of the diocese impaled with the personal arms of the bishop.

The Latin cross stands for the Catholic Faith. on which two symbols of Our Lord have been placed. The anchor symbolizes hope and is originates in the Days of the Catacombs. The symbol is borrowed from Hebr.1:19. The dolphin, according to Saint-George of Nyssa, is the most kingly of the swimming things/animals. It was used on the oldest tombs as a symbol of Our Lord.

The daisy is symbol for Saint-Margaret of Antiochia, virgin and martyrs of the 17th century, the patron saint of the bishops mother. The rose is from arms of the Keiley family of Ireland.

The motto comes from John 20:28.

The achievement is completed with the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969, confirmed in March 2001.

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