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'''A Pelican in her Piety''' is an ancient [[heraldic]] [[device]] [[symbol]]izing self-sacrifice.

The image shows an heraldic [[pelican]] on a nest full of chicks.  The pelican is tearing at (sometimes called "vulning") her own breast to feed the young with her [[blood]].

In the [[SCA]] displaying a Pelican in her Piety is restricted to the members of the [[Order of the Pelican]], one of the three great [[order]]s of [[peer]]age.

[[category:device heraldry]]