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Boston, Massachusetts gets its name from Boston, England which in turn is derived
from "Botolph's
Town", a Lincolnshire community which developed around Ikenho Abbey, founded
in the 7th century by St. Botolph (610-680).
St. Botolph's name graces the President's house at Boston College, the literary
magazine at BC High. In the rendition to the right, St. Botolph carries the
Flying Cloud, one of Donald McKay's Boston built clipper ships above an 18th
century likeness of Boston, England and its famed church of St. Botolph. The
three crown arms of the English Boston is a reference to the Magi, the traditional
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Azure, a cross fleurettée or, in base barry-wavy of five
azure and argent, issuing from a mount of three coupeaux of the second.
In the coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Boston, the "trimount" (or "mount
of three coupreaux") is symbolic of Boston, the original name of
which was Trimountaine, in reference to the three hills on which the
city is said to have been built. In the early chancery documents, Boston
was called "Tremontinensis". The cross fleurettée is
in honor of the Cathedral's name: The Holy Cross, and a reminder that
the first bishop of Boston and other early ecclesiastics were natives
of France. At the base the "Barry-wavy" is an allusion to the
fact that Boston is one of the most important seaports of the country
and was populated by people arriving here from across the sea. |
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