 This is the ancient emblem of the Diocese of Freising, founded in the 8th century, which became a Metropolitan Archdiocese with the name of München und Freising in 1818, subsequent to the Concordat between Pius VII and King Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria (5 June 1817).The Moor's head is fairly common in European heraldry.It still appears today in the arms of Sardinia and Corsica, as well as in the blazons of various noble families.