An American Benedictine Armorial: Part Two

14. St. Meinrad's Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana. Arms: Azure, a ship with one sail argent, the mast terminating in a cross, the sail charged with the Greek letters Chi Rho sable, resting on a sea barry wavy of six argent and azure; on a chief or two eagles rising to dexter sable.

15. New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Arkansas. Arms: Or, two eagles flying in pale sable, each charged with a roundel or charged with four annulets conjoined sable, a bordure engrailed also sable. A variation of the arms of Einsiedeln.

16. St. Joseph's Abbey, St. Benedict, Louisiana. Arms: Azure, a cross throughout or between four lilies slipped argent, on a roundel or at the fess point a raven sable.

17. Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota. Arms: Parted per fess: 1. Azure, an antique crown above two snowflakes, in base a bordure nebulée all argent; 2. Or, two eagles flying in pale sable. The eagles are drawn as they would be represented by an Indian artist.

18. Marmion Abbey, Aurora, Illinois. Arms: Or, in base a sea azure, rising therefrom a sun with five rays throughout gules, in chief two eagles flying sable.

19. Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri. Arms: Azure, three fleurs-de-lis, two and one, argent, in chief a star of eight points or charged with a monogram of the Blessed Virgin sable.

20. St. Benedict's Abbey, Benet Lake, Wisconsin. Arms: Gules, a cross moline argent, in base a sea barry wavy argent and azure; on a chief vert three garbs or.

21. St. Pius X Priory, Pevely, Missouri. Arms: Azure, in base a sea barry wavy argent and azure, over all in pale an anchor surmounted by a mullet or, in chief two crosses moline argent. These arms are based upon those of Pope Saint Pius X.

22. Priory of St. Gregory the Great, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Arms: Parted per chevron sable and argent, two lions rampant affrontée counterchanged supporting in chief a roundel argent charged with a cross throughout or. These arms are a variation of those attributed to St. Gregory the Great.

23. St. Anselm's Priory, Washington, D. C. Arms: Argent, on a cross sable between twelve drops of blood a crescent of the field; a bordure engrailed gules. [St. Anselm's has been elevated to the status of an abbey. R.O.]

24. St. Louis Priory, Crevecoeur, Missouri. Arms: Per fess dancettée or and azure, a chief parted per pale, dexter, Gules, a rose argent, sinister, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis, two and one, or. These arms are a variation of those of Ampleforth Abbey Yorkshire, England, the mother house. The white rose is the badge of the House of York, the fleurs-de-lis are from the arms of St. Louis, King of France. [St. Louis has been elevated to the status of an abbey. R.O.]

25. Mount Saviour Priory, Elmira, New York (Joined to American-Cassinese Congregation, 2004). Arms: Azure, the sacred monogram, Chi Rho, between the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, in base a tremont all gold.

26. Mount Angel Abbey, St. Benedict, Oregon. Arms: Or, rising from a terrage in base vert a tremont sable surmounted by a patriarchal cross gules, behind the tremont three barrulets gules. (impaled with the arms of the Abbey of Engelberg).