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The coat of arms

Does anybody know the armiger of the coat of arms?

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I flipped the image in Photoshop:

inverted image

This makes it easier to read the two mottos:

"SURGE ILLUMINARE JERUSALEM" (Arise, shine, Jerusalem)

and

"VIDIMUS STELLAM EIUS IN ORIENTE" (We have seen his star in the East)

A quick Google search found a match in Armorial des prélats français du XIXe siècle, p. 232


Here, the armorial is identified as belonging to Augustin Cluzel.

The full entry (in French) reads:

CLUZEL (AUGUSTIN), né à Monelar (Aveyron) le 6 mars 1815, sacré à Paris, Ie 6 Septembre 1874, archevêque titulaire d'Héractée, délégué apostolique en Perse, décédé à Ourmiah (Perse) Ie 12 août 1882.

ARMES. - D'azur à Jésus prêchant au naturel, aliàs d'or, posé sur un tertre de sinople, au chef cousu de gueules chargé d'une étoile (l'étoile des Mages) d'or.

DEVISE. - Surge illuminare Jerusalem (Isaï., LX, 1).Vidimus stellam ejus in Oriente (Math., II, 2), (I)

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