The grand masters of the Knights Templar during the later 12th and the 13th century used a double-sided seal which showed a representation of The Dome of the Rock on one side, and the order's symbol o
L'Agnus Dei, seal used by Roncelin de Foz. Second part of the 13th century. Departmental Archives of Marseilles -Bouches du Rhône.
A Knights Templar seal
Fra Arnaude de Banyuls seal; Aragon; Gardeny; Yellow wax, round, 27 mm. in diameter, depicting a cross, with stars in two angles and shields with crosses in the other two. Legend: S. AR..........GARDENNI.
Fra Bernard de Montlor 1248 seal.
Godfrey de Saint-Omer
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Godfrey of Saint-Omer was a Flemish knight and one of the founding members of the Knights Templar in 1119.
Seal of the grand master of the Knights Templar
…number: 3388 Knights of the Temple 1304 Description: Round. The Holy Lamb with banner. The Templar Seal showing two knights (perhaps Hugues de Payens and Godfrey de Saint-Omer) on one horse. There are many interpretations of the symbolism of this seal. Contemporary legend held that the symbol represented the initial poverty…
King Baldwin II of Jerusalem, assigning the captured Al Aqsa Mosque to Hugues de Payens and Godfrey, to use as their headquarters. The Crusaders called the structure the Temple of Solomon, and it was from this location that the Order took its name, as Templars