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![[Village of San Ġwann (Malta)]](../images/m/mt-53.gif)
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image by Dirk Schönberger, 28 October 2002
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I believe San Gwann means St John in Maltese, thus the flag is canting as it shows the paschal lamb, a usual attribute of St John the Baptist.
Santiago Dotor, 13 November 2002
Blazon: Gules a paschal lamb Argent holding a flag Argent a cross of the first laying on a book proper.
Željko Heimer, 13 November 2002
Similarly, the coat-of-arms of Puerto Rico - originally named Island of San Juan Bautista de Puerto Rico
- has the Paschal Lamb sitting over a red Book of Revelations (with seven seals instead of three). The question is, why is the Book of Revelations, [written by St John the Evangelist] associated with St John the Baptist?
Blas Delgado, 19 November 2002
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