Designed by Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo in 2005. The charges, a scallop shell, Moor’s head, Corbinian’s bear, are taken from his previous coat of arms, used when he was Archbishop of Munich and Freising. Both the Moor’s head and Corbinian’s bear are charges associated with Freising in Bavaria, Germany.
The coat of arms of the Holy See dates back to the 14th century. Definitely monarchist in nature, not fascist.
Benedict XVI’s coat of arms is a bit more sus though…
racism
is it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Maurice
quite the rabbit hole…
Description says this:
So it should be based on that: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohr_(Heraldik)#Der_gekrönte_Mohr_von_Freising_(13._Jahrhundert)
how the article just doesnt stop with exampes …
Yeah, I was surprised by how much effort people put into this compared to the English version.