NataliePortland@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.world · 6 months 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-squaremessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down10
arrow-up142arrow-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@lemmy.ca to History@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaremorgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months 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