Son Éminence Cardinal Mercier The good sheperd

Obverse

Bust facing right, coat of arms to the left.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
S•E• LE CARD• MERCIER
1916
APOSTOLVS JESV CHRISTI

JOSUË DUPON

Engraver: Josuë Dupon

Reverse

Pastoral landscape: a shepherd with his dog among sheep, holding a lamb in his coat. In the background, the cathedral of Mechelen (Malinnes), of which Cardinal Mercier was Archbishop... Signing at six o'clock.

Script: Latin

Lettering: JOSUË DUPON

Engraver: Josuë Dupon

Edge

Smooth, unmarked.

Comments

Cardinal Mercier's coat of arms:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Wapen_van_Kardinaal_Mercier.svg

Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium, was a publicly declared Resistance fighter. In March 1916, he returned to the Vatican, then issued a new pastoral letter marking a new act of resistance against the German occupation.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

Blason du Cardinal Mercier :

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Wapen_van_Kardinaal_Mercier.svg

Le Cardinal Mercier, Primat de Belgique, fut un grand résistant publiquement déclaré.  En mars 1916 : il rentre au Vatican, puis diffuse une nouvelle lettre pastorale qui marque un nouvel acte de résistance contre l'occupation allemande.

See also

• War
• Philosopher
• Allegory

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