ERBY KATOLICKÝCH DIECÉZ NA SLOVENSKU

• Authors: Peter Zubko

Title variants

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Coat of arms of Catholic dioceses in Slovakia

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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In Slovakia, there are twelve Catholic dioceses, of which eight Roman Catholic, three Greek Catholic and one military. Each diocese has own coat of arms. The coat of arms began to emerge in the 1970s. The most important author of coats of arms is Mr. Zdenko G. Alexy. This article explains the motives of coats of arms, armorial figures selections, date of acceptance and use, as well as the authorship of coats of arms.

Keywords

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CATHOLIC DIOCESES; COAT OF ARMS; ARMORIAL FIGURES; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovak Republic
• Journal: Studia Historica Nitriensia
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 32 – 39

Contributors

author

Peter Zubko

• Katedra katechetiky a systematickej teológie, Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, Hrabovská cesta 1, 034 01 Ružomberok, Slovak Republic