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A cross fleury. A cross fleury (or flory) is a cross adorned at the ends with flowers in heraldry. [1] It generally contains the fleur-de-lis, trefoils, etc. Synonyms or minor variants include fleuretty, fleuronny, floriated and flourished. [2] In early armory, it is not consistently distinguished from the cross patonce. [3]
The golden cross fleury overlaid on the black cross becomes widely used in the 15th century. A legendary account attributes its introduction to Louis IX of France , who on 20 August 1250 granted the master of the order this cross as a variation of the Jerusalem cross , with the fleur-de-lis symbol attached to each arm.
The Cross of Saint James, also known as the Santiago cross, cruz espada, or Saint James' Cross, is a cruciform (cross-shaped) heraldic badge. The cross, shaped as a cross fitchy, combines with either a cross fleury or a cross moline. Its most common version is a red cross resembling a sword, with the hilt and the arm in the shape of a fleur-de-lis.
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Arms of the Sutton family, Baronets of Norwood Park: 1st and 4th argent, a canton sable (Sutton); 2nd and 3rd argent, a cross fleury azure (Lexington). The crest is a wolf's head gules and the motto is Tout jours prest (French: Always ready). [1]
The Occitan cross (Occitan: crotz occitana [ˈkɾuts utsiˈtanɔ] ⓘ), also called cross of Occitania (crotz d'Occitània), cross of Languedoc (crotz de Lengadòc) or cross of Toulouse (crotz de Tolosa), [a] heraldically "cross cleché, pommettée and voided", is a heraldic cross, today chiefly used as a symbol of Occitania.
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The word cross is recorded in 11th-century Old English as cros, exclusively for the instrument of Christ's crucifixion, replacing the native Old English word rood.The word's history is complicated; it appears to have entered English from Old Irish, possibly via Old Norse, ultimately from the Latin crux (or its accusative crucem and its genitive crucis), "stake, cross".