Coat of arms of Saint Lucia | |
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Armiger | Saint Lucia |
Adopted | 1979 |
Crest | In front of two Fronds of the Fern Polypoduim [sic] in Saltire a Cubit Arm proper the hand holding erect a Torch Gold enflamed also proper |
Torse | Or and Azure |
Shield | Azure two sticks of cut bamboo in Cross surmounted of an African stool of authority Or between in dexter chief and sinister base a Rose Argent charged with another Gules both barbed and seeded proper an in sinister chief and dexter base a Fleur-de-lis Gold |
Supporters | On either side a Saint Lucia Parrot commonly called Jacquot (Amazona versicolor) wings elevated and addorsed and in the beak of each a Frond of the Fern Polypoduim [sic] all proper |
Motto | The land, The people, The light |
The coat of arms of Saint Lucia was adopted on 8 January 1979 by a royal warrant of Queen Elizabeth II.[1]
The national motto (the land, the people, the light) is found at the bottom of the arms.