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==Coat of arms and other symbols== The [[coat of arms]] [[Heraldry#Marshalling|marshalls]] three distinct coats of arms in adjacent vertical divisions, in [[heraldry|heraldic]] terminology: ''[[Impalement (heraldry)|tierced]] per pale'', from [[Dexter and sinister|dexter]] (viewer's left) to [[Dexter and sinister|sinister]] (viewer's right): *1: ''Azure, a [[Pelican in her Piety|pelican]] with wings endorsed vulning herself or'' (arms of the founder, [[Richard Foxe]], [[Bishop of Winchester]]<ref>[[Richard Izacke|Izacke, Richard]] (c.1624β1698), (improved and continued to the year 1724 by Samuel Izacke), ''Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter'', 3rd Edition, London, 1731, ''A Perfect Catalogue of all the Bishops of this Church ... together with the Coats of Armory and Mottoes Described, pp.25-50[https://books.google.com/books?id=Q29bAAAAQAAJ&dq=horton+arms+bends+engrailed+canton&pg=PA262][https://archive.org/details/remarkableantiq00izacgoog/page/n42/mode/2up]''</ref>); *2: ''Argent, thereon an escutcheon charged with the arms of the [[See of Winchester]]'' (i.e. ''Gules, two keys addorsed in bend the uppermost or the other argent a sword interposed between them in bend sinister of the third pommel and hilt of the second the escutcheon ensigned with a mitre of the last''); *3: ''Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent on a chief of the second as many roses gules seeded of the second barbed vert'' (arms of [[Hugh Oldham]] (1452β1519), [[Bishop of Exeter]].<ref>''Oxford University Calendar 2001β2002'' (2001) p.231. [[Oxford University Press]] {{ISBN|0-19-951872-6}}.</ref>) The [[Pelican in her Piety]] (pecking her own breast to draw blood to feed her chicks) in the personal arms of the founder, Bishop Richard Foxe, in Christian iconography symbolises [[Christ]], who nourished the Church with his blood, which action is remembered in the [[Eucharist]]. The name of the college founded by him is thus well suited to that iconography, ''Corpus Christi'' signifying in Latin "the body of Christ".{{fact|date=March 2021}} Because of the complexity of the arms they are not suitable for use on items such as the college tie, where the pelican alone is used. The pelican also appears alone on the college flag and on top of the Pelican Sundial.{{fact|date=March 2021}}
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