Templars

An order of knighthood introduced about A. D. 1118, and suppre ed A. D. 1309. They wore a red Maltese cro on a white field, and bore a banner showing that cro on a white field; and a second banner of black and white called Beau Séant, this word Beau Séant being their battle-cry. Their badges were the Agnus Dei, or Lamb and Flag; and a device representing two knights on one horse, indicating the original poverty of the order. This is blazoned in modern times as a pegasus, the two knights being mistaken for wings on a flying horse.