Each Pope has his own crest, typically taken from his family coat of arms. Pope Urban VIII came from the Barberini family whose symbol included three horseflies. Deemed less than hospitable, they were changed to bees on his Papal crest. Like so:
Saturday, July 02, 2011
A Pro-Insect Pope
... that was Pope Urban VIII all over.
Each Pope has his own crest, typically taken from his family coat of arms. Pope Urban VIII came from the Barberini family whose symbol included three horseflies. Deemed less than hospitable, they were changed to bees on his Papal crest. Like so:
The Papal Arthropod Project?
Each Pope has his own crest, typically taken from his family coat of arms. Pope Urban VIII came from the Barberini family whose symbol included three horseflies. Deemed less than hospitable, they were changed to bees on his Papal crest. Like so:
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I like my Popes the way I like my coffee: Covered with bees!
Coffee covered with bees?
:-)
It's a reference to Eddie Izzard's "Covered in bees!" bit. See the very end of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-tl6GBOBo
:-)
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