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by Ben Koorengevel, edited by Luc BaronianSee also:
I took a photo of this flag in 1999 in a Montreal Urban Community building.
The lettering however was bigger, which is confirmed by a photo reported to me
by Marc Pasquin.
Luc Baronian, 9 May 2005
The Town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (5,381 inhabitants in 2008; 1,120
ha) is located at the western tip of Montreal Island. The town was named
for a church dedicated to St. Anne, and for the feudal domain of Bellevue.
The early history of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is the same as for Baie-d'Urfé. The domain of Bellevue was established in 1672-1680 by Louis XIV.
Priest de Breslay, who succeeded priest d'Urfé, was once caught nightly
in a snow storm and fell down from his horse. With a broken leg, he
prayed to St. Ann, promising to build a chapel would he be saved. He woke up
miraculously in his bed and fulfilled his wish, building the St. Ann
church. The Municipality of the Village of Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue was
established on 18 April 1818. The Town of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue was
established on 12 January 1895. Baie-d'Urfé seceded in 1911. The pride of
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is the canal and lock revamped in 1875-1882.
The coat of arms of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue is "Or a cross vair
cantonned with four alerions gules a canton of the same charged with
three scallops argent." The shield surmounted by a five-towered
crenelated mural crown. The shield supported by two leaved branches of
maple proper crossed per saltire and tied gules. Under the shield a
scroll argent inscribed with the Latin motto sable "OMNIA PER LABOREM ET
FIDEM".
The cross recalls that St. Ann was Jesus' grandmother. The
shells and the alerions are taken from the arms of François de
Montmorency-Laval (1623-1708), first Bishop of Quebec and founder of the
St. Louis mission, the remote origin of the town. The shells in the
quarters are also recalling the name of the Jacques-Cartier County [this
is quite far-fetched: scallops are called in French "coquilles
Saint-Jacques" - St. James' shells, while a quarter is a "quartier",
homophonic with "Cartier"]. Vair comes from the arms of François-Saturnin
Lascaris d'Urfé (1641-1701) (see Baie-d'Urfé
for more details). The
motto means "Everything Through Work and Faith".
Research, design and
drawing of the arms were performed by the Collège Canadien des Armoiries,
Montreal.
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http://www.ville.sainte-anne-de-bellevue.qc.ca/Ville.aspx - Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 23 July 2012
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