Vincent's Cross Represents Faith and Heritage

Religious tattoos are quite common, as any casual observer of other people's tattoos can tell you. Generally, I don't ask people about them, but every so often I feel inclined, especially when I think they're done nicely.<br /><br />Take Vincent, for example. I met him in Penn Station and took a picture of this cross on his forearm:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQPYWitM4VuqKupy3Lguew0JcHYvOzTGWL_ZL7S_ArHDrDCmTLDDyJaUlpGfHzcuIgnrMOc3WYbn-1He4mLt2xhcps_ibhpskwkI5Aut_KtJsAHj5YzluS-b04eQMJipVheZCL7PTIV0/s1600/Vincent+cross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQPYWitM4VuqKupy3Lguew0JcHYvOzTGWL_ZL7S_ArHDrDCmTLDDyJaUlpGfHzcuIgnrMOc3WYbn-1He4mLt2xhcps_ibhpskwkI5Aut_KtJsAHj5YzluS-b04eQMJipVheZCL7PTIV0/s640/Vincent+cross.jpg" width="464" /></a></div><br />Vincent explained that he drew this design, incorporating Celtic designs, as an acknowledgement of his faith (represented by the cross and the circle, symbolizing the Trinity) and his heritage. His father's ancestry is Welsh, and his mother's family is Italian.<br /><br /><br /><br />The tattoo was done by at <a href="http://www.sacred-x-pressions.com/">Sacred-X-Pressions</a> in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He doesn't recall the tattooist's name, but does know he has moved on from that shop.<br /><br /><br />Thanks to Vincent for sharing his expression of faith and heritage with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><br /><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}</style> <![endif]--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday. </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;">If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</a> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span>

Vincent's Cross Represents Faith and Heritage

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