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The Camaldolese coat of arms features two doves or peacocks drinking from a chalice, symbolizing community, Eucharist, and divine love, with variations over centuries including stars and heraldic symbols. Its origins trace to late antique iconography, Byzantine influence, and Saint Romuald’s mystical experiences, emphasizing unity in diversity, contemplative and eremitic life, and spiritual rebirth.

The project was instigated during the Covid-19 Lockdown Period in Aotearoa New Zealand April/May 2020. It is updated when additional images are discovered.

This time of lockdown enabled the document to be worked on, always mindful that this was at a time when the mother house of our community in Italy, was in a country suffering deeply from the pandemic.