Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Knights of Saint Lazuarus

A legend surrounding King Baldwin IV is that during his coronation in Jerusalem, an eagle dropped onto his head a gold ring with sinople (green) cross embedded. The green cross and color green have been traditionally associated with the Order of Saint Lazarus, and this has been so at least throughout the second millennia A.D.:

A legend surrounding King Baldwin IV is that during his coronation in Jerusalem, an eagle dropped onto his head a gold ring with sinople (green) cross embedded. The green cross and color green have been traditionally associated with the Order of Saint Lazarus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Lazarus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Masters_of_the_Order_of_Saint_Lazarus