Deo Optimo Maximo (D.O.M.)

• Deo Optimo Maximo (D.O.M.) meaning: ‘To the greatest and best God’.
• A Latin Phrase referring, during the Roman Empire, to Jupiter, the chief God in the Roman Pantheon.

I.O.M.

• It was originally written as ‘Iovi Optimo Maximo’, meaning ‘Jupiter, the Best and Greatest’, and abbreviated to ‘I.O.M.’

D.O.M.

• When the Roman Empire adopted Christianity, the phrase ‘Deo Optimo Maximo’ continued in use.
• It was later used on Renaissance Churches, and was abbreviated to ”D.O.M.’
• The initials D.O.M. are also written on the bottles of Benedictine liqueur.