Dum spiro spero

Use

• The notable origin of the motto is St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Its attribution to Saint Andrew and his bones being taken to this small fishing village on the North Sea, contributed to its direct linkage between the saying, the town, the University of St Andrews and the Saint.
• It is also the motto of:
• *South Carolina
• *the Kingdom of Sarawak.
• *the Principality of Hutt River
• *Cothill House Preparatory School in Oxfordshire, England.
• *Burstow Park House, in Surrey England
• *The Czech Army's 601st Special Forces Group, based in Prostějov
• Dum spiro spero is inscribed:
• *above the door of Nymans House, West Sussex, England, old home of the Messel family now a National Trust property and gardens.
• *on medallions marking the Barbary Coast Trail in San Francisco, California
• *on a window of Beverly Unitarian Church
• *on the sign of the pub in Herne Bay.
• A song called "Dum spiro spero" is the theme for the video game Clive Barker's Undying.
• Dum spiro spero is the motto of Oliver Lodge Primary School in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.
• Japanese Avant-Garde Metal band Dir en grey named their eighth full length album Dum Spiro Spero.

  Family and individual use