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by Masao Okazaki, 15 December 2020
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It is a Canadian pale coloured green-white-red with a narrow white border and
the shield centred.
Masao Okazaki, 15 December 2020
The municipality of Sainte-Marie (13,606 inhabitants; 10,912 ha) is located
40 km south of Quebec.
Sainte-Marie is named for Marie-Claire Fleury de
La Gorgendière, the wife of Thomas-Jacques Taschereau, who was erected first
lord of the place in 1736. After the death of her husband, she acted as the lord
for the next 24 years.
Thomas-Jacques Taschereau (1680-1749) was the son
of Christophe Taschereau de Sapaillé, Director of the Mint and Treasurer of the
town of Tours (France). He landed in Quebec on 28 August 1726 as the secretary
of Intendant of New France Claude-Thomas Dupuy. Back to France, he was appointed
in February 1732 Treasurer General of the Navy in Canada; on 1 April 1735, he
was named Councillor at the Superior Council, then one of the highest offices in
the colony. Taschereau established on 16 October 1736 a business partnership
with François-Étienne Cugnet, Pierre-François Olivier de Vézin, Jacques Simonet
d’Abergemont and Ignace Gamelin Jr. to exploit the Saint-Maurice forges; the
lack of experience of Olivier de Vézin, manager of the company, caused its
bankruptcy and taking over by the crown in 1740.
On 23 September 1736,
Governor Charles de Beauharnois and Intendant Hocquart granted three neighboring
domains, of similar area, to Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière and his two
sons-in-law, Thomas-Jacques Taschereau and Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de
Cavagnial. Land surveyor Noël Bonhomme, dit Beaupré delimited the three domains
in December 1737.
Taschereau took great care of his domain and is considered
as a main contributor to the colonization of Beauce, but he seemingly never
visited it. He was succeeded as the lord of Sainte-Marie by his younger son,
Gabriel-Elzéar (1745-1809). His grand grand son, Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau
(1820-1898), was appointed Archbishop of Quebec in 1870 and the first Canadian
cardinal in 1886.
http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/taschereau_thomas_jacques_3F.html
Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
The arms of Sainte-Marie were
unveiled in 1959.
The lions recall the English rule and are also featured on
the arms of Lionel Audet (1908-1989, Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec, 1952-1983), who
was born in Sainte-Marie.
The swords and stars recall the French rule. The
swords are taken from the arms of the Taschereau lineage, first lords of
Sainte-Marie.
The white cross represents the Roman Catholic church.
The
golden fleur-de-lis represents Quebec.
The waves represent river Chaudière.
The maple leaves represent Beauce, sugar maple's country.
The Latin motto, "Unum
corpus sumus", reads "United in a single body".
https://www.sainte-marie.ca/gestion-municipale/profil-ville/signification-armoiries/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 19 December 2020