Sunday, October 24, 2021

Coats of Arms of Filipino Catholic Laymen

 Prot. n. 001/2021/PhCLM


Coat of Arms of Eduardo Madrid Brillantes

(1937-2006)

Banate, Iloilo

The armiger was an active lay leader of St. John the Baptist Parish in Banate, Iloilo. He started serving the Church as a choir member in his teen years. Later, he joined the Cursillo movement. In the late 1960s, he joined the Knights of Columbus Council in Banate, where he advanced to the Fourth Degree rank and went on to became Grand Knight. He was also the first responsible of one of the two Communities of the Neocatechumenal Way in the Parish, which was established in the early 1980s. 

He also served in the Pastoral Council for many years, promoting volunteerism.

Blason: Azure, an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules a cross ensigned with a coronet and in chief an estoile of eight points between two fleur-de-lis also Or.

Crest: A demi lion Or holding with its dexter arms a cross of St. James Or.

Motto: Fides Sapientia Virtus (Faith, Wisdom, Virtue)

Date assuned: 1997

Registrations: 

Registry of the Cronista of Castilla and Leon, H.E. Don Alfonso de Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Marquis de La Floresta,  on 28 January 2006, Prot. N. 8/2006

American College of Heraldry on 25 August 2005

 Copyright: © Eduardo Madrid Brillantes

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Prot. n. 002/2021/PhCLM

Coat of arms of Jose Maria Ledesma Concepcion, Jr. (Jaro, Iloilo City)


The armiger is a Fourth Degree knight of Columbus and was an active lay leader in the Archdiocese of Jaro, from the 1970s to the early 2000s.


Blason: Quarterly; 1 and 4, Azure a fleur de lis above a crescent moon with horns turned upward, all Or; 2 and 3, Vert a spikenard Argent; over all a cross fillet counterchanged Argent and Or. 


Motto: LIVE RIGHT

Copyright: © Jose Maria Ledesma Concepcion, Jr. 


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Prot. N. 003/2021/PhCLM


Coat of arms of
RODOLFO (Odie) M. DE LA CRUZ

Date assumed: 1 July 2021

Blason: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, Sable, seven fleurs de lis Or in pale of 2, 3 and 2; 2nd and 3rd, Azure, in base three bars wavy Argent and in chief a pearl in clamshell Argent.

Crest: A pineapple proper issuant from a wreath Sable and Azure

Motto: Fidelis (faithful)

Design by: Fr. John Brillantes 

Artwork by:  Stevie Tambao of Escudos Ecclesiasticos Ph and Gladius Ecclesiastical and Heraldry Arts

The armiger hails from Cavite City, Cavite (Philippines) and is an active member of the Cofradia de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga in the Diocese of Imus (Cavite). He is a cultural heritage practitioner by profession and works at the Archaeology Division of the National Museum of the Philippines. Odie de la Cruz  is currently taking the Master of Arts Major in Art Studies (Curatorial Studies) at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City.  

Affiliations:
*National Museum of the Philippines
*Cofradia de la Virgen de la Soledad de Porta Vaga

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