An encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences .. (1894)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia, L. H. Everts · leaf 208
od, states the samefact; but this is an error. At first, theTemplars wore a white mantle without anycross. But in 1146 Pope Eugenius III.prescribed for them a red cross on thebreast, as a symbolof the martyrdom towhich they were con-stantly exposed. Thecross of the Hospital-lers was white on ablack…
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