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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]
Christian cross variants 7th-century Byzantine solidus, showing Leontius holding a globus cruciger, with a stepped cross on the obverse side Double-barred cross symbol as used in a 9th-century Byzantine seal Greek cross (Church of Saint Sava) and Latin cross (St. Paul's cathedral) in church floorplans
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.
Originally from Meuse, Fleury studied in Paris and competes for the Nancy Athlétisme Métropole club. [2] She won medals at both the 2019 and 2021 European Cross Country Championships, both times in the mixed relay. [1] In 2021, Fleury was considered the top French 1500 m runner, but in 2022 she was sidelined by a knee injury. [3]
In heraldry, the cross is also called the Santiago cross or the cruz espada (English: sword cross). [1] It is a charge, or symbol, in the form of a cross.The design combines a cross fitchy or fitchée, one whose lower limb comes to a point, with either a cross fleury, [2] the arms of which end in fleurs-de-lis, or a cross moline where the ends of the arms are forked and rounded.
In antiquity, the cross, i.e. the instrument of Christ's crucifixion (crux, stauros), was taken to be T-shaped, while the X-shape ("chiasmus") had different connotations.. There has been scholarly speculation on the development of the Christian cross, the letter Chi used to abbreviate the name of Christ, and the various pre-Christian symbolism associated with the chiasmus interpreted in terms ...
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