Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by joe mcmillan
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7:10 by Joseph McMillan
Adopted 24 April 1947

• Flag of the State of Espírito Santo
• History of the Flag
• Former State Flag
• 19th Century Merchant Marine Pennant

See also:

• Index of Brazil Pages
• Municipal Flags of Espírito Santo
• Brazilian Subnational Flags
• Trinidade and Martin Vaz
• Union of Jehovah, 1952-53

Mário Martins, a Brazilian writer, states that the inscription originates from the motto of the Jesuit order: "Work as if everything depended on you, and trust as if everything depended on God." Despite being an unusual color in heraldry, rose was used by the creators of the flag in order to represent a shade found in the capixaba sky, which, during summer afternoons, presents changing shades of pink mixed with sky blue.
Zeljko Heimer, March 13, 1996

The Espírito Santo flag dates from 1908 but was adopted officially on 24 April 1947 by Governor Carlos Fernando Montero Lindemberg. The blue and rose are the official colors of the state, instituted by Jerónimo Monteiro on 7 September 1909. Apparently they were the colors of an abolitionist club, as well as those of the dress of the Virgin of the Victory, patron of the capital of the state. The blue represents smoothness and harm