October 2012 - Archdiocese of Glasgow

10 • FLOURISH
The Parish of
St Andrew’s Cathedral
congratulates
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia
as he takes possession of
the See of St Mungo.
WELCOME ARCHBISHOP PHILIP TARTAGLIA
Thine aid supply, thy strength bestow
The Coat of Arms of
Archishop Tartaglia is inspired
by that passage
from the Gospel of John
which is commonly
known as the feeding of
the five thousand (see
below). The two apostles,
Philip and Andrew,
are singled out by name.
In Archbishop Philip’s coat
of arms, this gospel episode is
depicted by the two fish
crossed in saltire, in allusion
to the presence of Saint
Andrew, and surrounded by
the five small barley loaves.
One fish has a gold ring in
its mouth. This refers to the
legend of St Mungo and is featured
in Glasgow’s civic and
ecclesiastical heraldry since
the sixteenth century.
As a Glaswegian by birth,
former pupil of St Mungo’s
Academy and priest of the
Archdiocese of Glasgow,
Bishop Tartaglia included the
fish with the ring in his coat of
arms when appointed Bishop
of Paisley to symbolize his
Glasgow roots.
Now, as Archbishop of
Glasgow, his coat of arms has
been adapted to include the
same fish with gold ring in the
more familiar position beneath
the shield.
The colours that feature in
the shield – green, white and
red – correspond to the Italian
Tricolour, in reference to the
Archbishop’s family origins
and to the years spent in Rome
at the Pontifical Scots
College, as student and rector.
The multiplication of the
loaves and fish has always
been understood as a foretelling
of the Eucharist.
In 1980, Archbishop
Tartaglia successfully defended
his doctoral thesis
at the Gregorian
University in Rome on
the Decree on the
Eucharist promulgated by
the Council of Trent.
Looking up, Jesus saw the
crowds approaching and said to
Philip, ‘Where can we buy some bread for
these people to eat?’ He only said this to test
Philip; he himself knew exactly what he was
going to do.
Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would
only buy enough to give them a small piece each.”
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother, said, “There is a small boy here with five
barley loaves and two fish; but what is that
between so many?”
Jesus said to them, “Make the people sit down.”
There was plenty of grass there, and as many as
His episcopal motto, the
Latin phrase “Da robur, fer
auxilium” – Thine aid supply,
thy strength bestow – is taken
from the traditional
Eucharistic hymn O Salutaris
Hostia.
The hymn was composed
by St Thomas Aquinas – one
of the Church’s greatest teachers
who was born in southern
Lazio, from where the
Tartaglia family hails.
The green galero hat is
used for archbishops and
bishops, with an archbishop’s
distinguished by
ten tassels in four rows on
either side. The archbishop’s
arms also include
a processional cross
with double traverse (the
cross of Lorraine) behind
the shield.
five thousand men sat down.
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave
thanks, and gave them out to all who were
sitting ready; he then did the same with the fish,
giving out as much as was wanted.
When they had eaten enough he said to the
disciples, “Pick up the pieces left over, so that
nothing gets wasted.” So they picked them up, and
filled twelve hampers with scraps left over from
the meal of five barley loaves.
The people, seeing this sign that he had given,
said, “This really is the prophet who is to come
into the world.”
(John 6:5-14)
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