Sovereign State since 954 AD, Principality since 1079, Own currency since about 1630, Mint since 1666
Savoys' private Protectorate 1729/1749-1798,1814-1946, never annexed nor annexable by Italy, Institutions refounded 1963/1995
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P. SEPUL. (1667), P. SEP. (1668), PRIN. SEPUL.(1669,1671) = Princeps (Loci Sancti) Sepulc(h)ri = Prince of Seborga
MONAST LERINENSE (1667,1668), MONAST LERIN (1169,1671) = Monastery of Lérins
C CAS (1169,1671) = Congregation of (Monte-)Cassino, to which the Monastery of Lérins belonged
DECUS ET ORNAMEN ECCLAE = Glory and pride of the (Catholic) Church.
SUB UMBRA SEDI = Device of the Principality of Seborga, translatable as "I sat in the shadow".
Possibly a shortening of SUB UMBRA SEDIS = In the shadow of the (Holy) See".
The Crown represented is the one of a Prince, together with the symbols of the mitred Abbot of Lérins.
See Options 9.2 on the History of Seborga and 9.4 on the Etymology of Seborga.
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