Olympic symbols Olympic symbols The Olympic symbols are icons, flags, and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to elevate the Olympic Games. Somesuch as the flame, fanfare, and themeare more commonly used during Olympic competition, but others, such as the flags, can be seen throughout the years.The Olympic flag was created under the guidance of Baron Coubertin in 1913 and was released in 1914.But it was first hoisted in 1920 in Belgium at the Antwerp Olympic games in the main stadium. The Olympic motto is the hendiatris "Citius, Altius, Fortius", which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". It was proposed
Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas was adopted by the Church in the 14th century: "Many synods ordered the use of this cap [the "pileus" or skull cap] as a substitute for the hood, and in one instance the synod of Bergamo, 1311, ordered the clergy to wear the "'bireta" on their heads after the manner of laymen'." Herbert Norris, "Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development", 1950, 161). The Olympic motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius" (Faster, Higher, Stronger) was coined by Henri Didon for a Paris youth gathering in 1891, and later proposed as the official Olympic motto by his friend Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 and