The Pelican in her Piety (pecking her own breast to draw blood to feed her chicks) in the personal arms of the founder, Bishop Richard Foxe, in Christian iconography symbolises Christ, who nourished the Church with his blood, which action is remembered in the Eucharist. The name of the college founded by him is thus well suited to that iconography, Corpus Christi'' signifying in Latin "the body of Christ".
The Pelican in her Piety (pecking her own breast to draw blood to feed her chicks) in the personal arms of the founder Bishop Richard Foxe in Christian iconography symbolises Christ who nourished the Church with his blood which action is remembered in the Eucharist The name of the college founded by him is thus well suited to that iconography Corpus Christi'' signifying in Latin "the body of Christ"