Editing Pope Benedict XVI (section)

== Coat of arms ==
{{Main|Coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI}}
{{Further|Papal coats of arms}}
{{Emblem table
| image             = Coat of arms of Benedictus XVI.svg
| notes             = The [[coat of arms of Pope Benedict&nbsp;XVI]] was designed by then Archbishop [[Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo]] (who later was created a cardinal) soon after the papal election. Benedict's coat of arms omitted the [[papal tiara]], which traditionally appears in the background to designate the pope's position as a worldly ruler such as a king, replacing it with a simple [[mitre]], emphasising his spiritual authority.<ref name="Vatican-COA">{{Cite web |last1=Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo |first1=Andrea |url=https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/elezione/stemma-benedict-xvi_en.html |title=Coat of Arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI |publisher=The Vatican |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110923152906/https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/elezione/stemma-benedict-xvi_en.html |archive-date=23 September 2011 }}</ref>
| adopted           = 22 April 2005
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| torse             =
| helm              = [[File:MitreBenedetto.svg|35px]] [[Mitre|Bishop's miter]]
| escutcheon        = ''Gules chapé ployé or, in base an escallop of the same, in dexter chief a Moor's head proper, crowned and collared of the field, and in sinister chief a bear trippant proper, carrying a pack gules belted sable.''
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| other_elements    = [[Keys of Peter]] behind [[His Holiness|HH]]'s [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|shield]] and papal [[mantling]]
| symbolism         = {{it col|Moor of Freising}} The Moor's head is an heraldic charge associated with Freising, Germany.
:{{it col|Corbinian's bear}} A legend states that while travelling to Rome, [[Saint Corbinian]]'s pack horse was killed by a bear. He commanded the bear to carry the load. Once he arrived, he released it from his service, and it returned to Bavaria. The implication is that "Christianity tamed and domesticated the ferocity of paganism and thus laid the foundations for a great civilisation in the Duchy of Bavaria." At the same time, Corbinian's bear, as God's beast of burden, symbolizes the weight of office that Benedict carried.
:{{it col|Scallop shell}} The symbolism of the scallop shell is multiple; one reference is to [[Saint Augustine]]. While a doctoral candidate in 1953, Ratzinger wrote his thesis ''The People and the House of God in St Augustine's Doctrine of the Church'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joseph Ratzinger |url=http://www.fondazioneratzinger.va/content/fondazioneratzinger/en/joseph-ratzinger.html |publisher=Fondazione Ratzinger |access-date=28 December 2022}}</ref> and therefore has a personal connection with the thought of this Doctor of the Church.
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