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Jakšić (Municipality, Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia)

Flag of Jakšić - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 August 2009

Presentation of Jakšić
Flag of Jakšić
Coat of arms of Jakšić

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Presentation of Jakšić

Jakšić is a municipality of almost 4,500 inhabitants, living in 10 settlements, about 2,000 in the village of the same name. It is located 10 km east of Požega.

Željko Heimer, 14 August 2009

Flag of Jakšić

The flag of Jakšić (municipal website) is in proportions 1:2, blue with the coat of arms, bordered yellow, in the middle.

Željko Heimer, 14 August 2009

Coat of arms of Jakšić

Coat of arms of Jakšić - Image by Željko Heimer, 14 August 2009

The coat of arms (municipal website) is "Azure a chalice or covered with a purificator argent".
The local church in Jakšić is consecrated to St. Barbara. One of the traditional attributes of St. Barbara depicted in art is a chalice; she is usually depicted as a lady standing by a three-widowed tower, holding a chalice and a palm branch and also with some cannons by her side. This last is due to her being patron of artillerymen. She is also patron of masons, woodcutters, mathematicians, miners, military engineers and those afraid of lighting and "anyone who works at risk of sudden and violent death".

Željko Heimer, 12 September 2009

Quoting the Catholic Encyclopaedia:

The purificator (purificatorium or more anciently emunctorium) now consists of a rectangular piece of linen usually folded twice lengthwise and laid across the top of the chalice. It is used for wiping and drying the chalice, or the paten, or the priest's lips, e.g. after the ablutions.

Jan Mertens, 14 August 2009