Ecu of the Knight Templars

The Knights Templars, a twelfth century monastical military order fulfilled the ideal of the soldier monk. The Templars took part in the Crusades in the Holy Land. This shield, (inspired by the Templars’ seal) figures two soldier monks riding one horse. This symbolises at once the double vocation, spiritual and military and the strength of the brotherly relations which united the membrs of this Order.