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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Registrations of Arms
February 20, 2025
Vol. VIII, p. 355
Arms of Peter Julian Michael SwanBlazonAzure a horseshoe heels in chief environing a cross patté Or, all within a bordure compony-counter-compony Or and Gules; SymbolismThe Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The yellow horseshoe and cross on a blue background are the Jastrzębiec clan’s coat of arms used since the Middle Ages by many Polish families, including the Święcicki family of whom Father Swan is a descendant. The border makes this design unique to the descendants of his ancestor Julian Constantine Andrew Święcicki. |
MottoBlazonNUNQUAM CEDAMUS; SymbolismThis Latin phrase means “We shall never yield.” |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationSince 2023, grants, registrations and approvals of heraldic emblems are no longer announced in the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of the College of Arms, London. PainterNot applicable CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally created by the College of Arms, London, 17 January 1967, for his cousin Alfred Harold Joseph Swencisky, and subsequently recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 11 May 1968. |