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by Blas Delgado, 16 November 2004
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The right flag of San German, Puerto Rico consist of three
horizontals bands in the following order: violet or purple the
superior, white, the center band and green the inferior band. The
Coat of Arms in the middle of the flag.
Juan Colon de Jesus, 19 June 2000
San Germa'n - The flag is a horizontal green-white-purple
(violet) triband (in that specific order), as attested by several
sources. Green stands for the Episcopal dignity and the colors of
the blazon of Christopher Columbus and his son, Diego, Viceroy of
America. White stands for the blood purity of the great families,
who were the most distinguished, which came to colonize San
Germe'n (according to a book by Fray Inigo Abad) and the
limpidness of Guanajibo River, whose waters (which were
considered medicinal) were being taken to Europe for that
order.The shield crown is 'masoned ("mazonada") in
sable (black) and adjured ("adjurada") in sinople
(green)', which means that the lines depicting the joints between
the stones are black and the hollow spaces - doors, windows and
other empty spaces - shall be green.
Blas Delgado, 16 April 2001
Green (Vert) does not appear at all in Columbus' coat-of-arms
(at least not in the escutcheon). I am also afraid there is no
English blazon equivalent of the Spanish "aclarado"
(not "adjurado", a horrible translation from the French
"ajoure'"). So the best thing is to blazon it as
"windows and gate Vert" (of course not
"sinople" either which is Spanish for
"Vert").
Santiago Dotor, 22 May 2001
It says as follows: "But the green color with the gold of
the colors ("tinctures") of this first quarter, has
also another symbolism: in first place they remind us of Don
Diego Colo'n, first born to America's Discoverer (but now it does
not implicitly mention Columbus' blazon), and who in his role as
governor of the Indies with seat in Santo Domingo, decreed that
San Germa'n should be the name of the town. It was his
purpose to honor in this manner the Queen Dona Germana de Foix,
second wife of Don Fernando el Cato'lico..."
Could it be that these colors do appear in Diego Colo'n's coat of
arms?
Blas Delgado, 23 May 2001
I don't think so. Diego Colo'n would have inherited his
father's arms. Unlike green however, gold (Or) is certainly
present in Columbus' arms. But where does gold (or yellow) appear
on San Germa'n's flag?
Santiago Dotor, 23 May 2001
Good point. In no place of the flag, only in the first quarter
of the city Coat of Arms, and it would be to stretch the
similitude too far.
Blas Delgado, 24 May 2001
Juan Colón de Jesús state that the San Germán flag
is a horizontal tricolor with purple, white and green bands, in
that order (from top to bottom). This is identical to the one
presented by Lexjuris. I have two sources that say that the
actual order is the inverse: green, white and purple. I have
no reason to doubt Juan, given to the fact that he has studied
extensively and has done a lot of research about PR flags. I just
would like to know his sources.
Blas Delgado, 6 August 2001
In reference to the doubts the Blas Delgado may have about
order of the bands for the San German, Puerto Rico, flag, I
personally recieved an email from Isidro Negrón Irizarry, the
Mayor of this town where he let me known that the flag I had in
my website <www.linktopr.com>
was inverted. The corrcted order is the superior band green,
followed by white and and the inferior violet.
Joe Delgado, 12 January 2005
1) 
Flag with inverted colors
by Blas Delgado, 16 November 2004
2)
by Phil Nelson , 5 Febuary 2000
This image based on pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct)
which seems to differs from the one at lexjuris
site which is violet - white - green. or in Spanish: 'Violeta -
(o pu'rpura)'. It has the Coat of Arms in the middle. San Germa'n
is in southwest Puerto Rico in sugar and coffee farming region;
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico (1912); 16th century
church; founded 1508, moved to present site 1573. There are
34,962 Inh.
Jarig Bakker, 4 Febuary 2000
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by Nelson Román, 4 August 2004
The coat of arms of the city of San German was designed by Dr.
Luis Torres. I was commisioned to do the escudo for the Cathedral
in San German and met with Dr. Luis Torres.
Lance, 17 March 2003
The pontificial hat and the walking stick represents San
Germán, bishop of Auxerre (France) and patron of the city. The
pontificial hat represents excellence, the sign of the episcopal
dignity: it represents the fullness of the priesthood. The
walking stick represents the power of the bishops to shepherd
their spiritual flock. The green background represents the
pontificial hat of patriarchs, archbishops and bishops, as well
as their cords and tassels that for some years have been
established also by the Holy See as the standard color of the
canopies and other episcopal parameters. But the green color,
along with the gold, which are the colors of this first quarter,
have in addition another symbolism: First they remember don Diego
Colón, first-born of the discoverer of America, and that in his
character of governor of the Indies, with seat in Santo Domingo,
by decree named the population San Germán. It was his intention
to honor Queen Germana de Folix, second wife of don Fernando the
Catholic, the monarch who imposed and presided over the
colonization of Puerto Rico. First Quarter: The green and gold
remember, who gave San Germán its name. Second Quarter: The
second quarter exhibits the arms of the kingdoms of Aragon and
Sicily, where don Fernando the Catholic reigned. Third Quarter:
In this quarter the arms combine with the County of Foix and the
Kingdom of France, which constitute the family shields of Germana
de Foix whose name perpetuates the city of San Germán. Fourth
Quarter: Is Ponce de Leon's shield, branch of Puerto Rico that
corresponds to a lineage (of many ramifications) that connected
with the royal house of Leon, adopting its arms with a rampant
purple lion, crowned and armed in gold in a silver field. This
same shield, alone and in combination with other heraldry quarter
elements, are used in the houses of the Ponce de Leon of Spain.
The branch of Puerto Rico, for some unknown reason, was designed
without a crown, like in the old church of Santo Tomás (today
San José) in San Juan, and in the seals that Monsignor Murga
reproduced in his book about Ponce de Leon. In its shield, San
German's quarter perpetuates the memory of the conqueror of
Puerto Rico, who always offered his stimulus and protection. The
Crown: Is a civic or municipal standard and is used as a stamp
for towns and cities, San Germán was assigned five towers to
denote that this population formally obtained the title of city
from the Spanish crown, in the last century.
Source: <www.linktopr.com>.
Nelson Román, 4 August 2004