It is believed in some quarters that the Knights Templar were founded
by a secret order called the Priory of Sion. In Holy Blood Holy
Grail by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln, there is a
list showing the succession of Grand Masters of the Priory of Sion
from 1188 to 1918, including such notables as Leonardo daVinci, Robert
Fludd, Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, Claude Debussy and Jean Cocteau.
There are two other names that may interest this list: Marie de
Saint-Clair (this lady was Grand Master for four decades from
1220-1266) and Jean de Saint-Clair (Grand Master from 1351-1366). We
normally think a Sinclair-Knights Templar connection through the
Sinclair's of Scotland. This is a different and most interesting
connection, assuming, of course, that there was a Priory of Sion in
the first place. Does any one know any thing about these two
Sinclair's, bios, history, genealogy, etc.
WLG
Great Falls, Virginia
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