Decoding Templar Insignias & Symbols

Every Templar insignia was an argument in images: the red cross pattée (martyrdom), the seal of two knights on one horse (poverty and brotherhood), the black-and-white Beauséant banner (death to enemies, mercy to friends). Decoding them is the fastest way into the order’s world — and the difference between wearing a symbol and understanding it.

Work through them one by one:

• Knights Templar symbols and what each one means — the master guide.
• The Templar cross — what the red cross really stood for.
• The Sigillum Militum Xpisti — the famous two-rider seal, unsealed.
• The Beauséant — the Templars’ black-and-white war banner.
• Deus Vult and the wider family of crusader symbols.