Contone (Ticino canton, Switzerland)

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Contone

Per pale azure and gules overall an eight-pointed cross argent.

Zeljko Heimer, 14 June 2003

As early as 1367 the Order of St John owned a commandery and a hospital which belonged to the Italian Langue. In 1932 permission was given to the former commandery to use the cross of the Order in its armorial shield. The officiating pastor of Contone is, through his office, a chaplain of magistral grace of the Order of Malta. von Volborth (1981)

Ole Andersen, 3 August 2002