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The Coat of Arms of Rev. John B. Brillantes
Registry No. EE-002
Blason: Azure, an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules, a cross ensigned with a coronet and in chief an estoile of eight points between two fleur-de-lis also Or.
Crest: A demi lion Or holding with its dexter arm the cross of St James Or.
Date assumed/registered: Assumed in 1997; confirmed by the Cronista of Castille and Leon Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gila, Marques de la Floresta, on 28 January 2006 (Prot. n. 8/2006), and registered under the name of the armiger’s father, Eduardo Pelagio Brillantes y Balderas Madrid. The arms passed to the present armiger, as principal heir, after the death of his father, on 25 June 2006.
Bureau of Heraldry, Department of Arts and Culture of South Africa (Reference # H4/3/4/939: published in Government Gazette #34447, on 15 July 2011; Registration Document No. 750 (dated 23 September 2011) of the Department of Arts and Culture, Bureau of Heraldry, published in the National Government Gazette # 34612 of 23 September 2011 (page 7). Certificate # 3775 (dated 21 March 2012).
Motto: Fides, Sapientia, Virtus (Faith, Wisdom, Virtue) was the motto of John's father. Dominus Fortitudo (The Lord is my Strength) is John's motto.
Herald: David Wooten
Arms quartered with the Balderas-Baviera Clan corporate coat of arms recorded by: The Cronista Rey de Armas of Castille and Leon, on 11 April 2019, (Prot. n. 12/2019)
Blason: Quarterly; 1st & 4th; Sable, three passion nails in fess surrounded by a crown of thorns, which is in turn surrounded by seven fleurs de lis in orle, all Or. 2nd & 3rd; Azure, an Eagle displayed Or charged on the breast with an escutcheon Gules, a cross ensigned with a coronet and in chief an estoile of eight points between two fleur-de-lis also Or.
Armiger's location: Rome, Italy
Copyright: © John Brillantes
Credits: International Association of Amateur Heralds