NataliePortland to History@lemmy.world • 1 year agoI’m in Rome, and confused why I’m seeing the Fleur de Lis in St. Peter’s Basilica and other places. What’s the connection with Bourbons and the Vatican?message-square5fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareI’m in Rome, and confused why I’m seeing the Fleur de Lis in St. Peter’s Basilica and other places. What’s the connection with Bourbons and the Vatican?NataliePortland to History@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-square@morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoQuite a few Popes had the Fleur-de-Lis in their Coat of Arms, maybe you saw those? For example: XIIIth century: Urban IV, Innocent V, Nicholas IV XVIth century: Paul III XVIIth century: Innocent X XIXth century: Leo XIII See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_coats_of_arms
Quite a few Popes had the Fleur-de-Lis in their Coat of Arms, maybe you saw those?
For example:
See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_coats_of_arms