Transcript The Priory of Sion - Middlebury College

The Priory of Sion
By: John D’Agostini
Dan Brown’s Quote
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“The Priory of Sion—a
European secret society
founded in 1099—is a
real organization. In
1975 Paris’s Bibliotheque
Nationale discovered
parchments know as Les
Dossiers Secrets
identifying numerous
members of the Priory of
Sion, including Sir Isaac
Newton, Botticelli, Victor
Hugo, and Leonardo Da
Vinci” (Brown 2).
Pierre Plantard
Started many esoteric
groups said to “renew
France.”
 Started The Priory of Sion
in 1956 legally.
 Sent to jail for fraudulent
claims
 Deposited false
documents known as the
Dossier Secrets, in the
Bibliotheque Nationale in
Paris.
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Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
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Place where Plantard deposited the
Dossier Secrets.
Dossier Secrets (Priure Documents)
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False documents deposited in the
Bibliotheque Nationale.
Grandmasters
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Ugo de Blancheford (1150-1151)
Bernard de Tremblay (1151-1153)
Guillaume de Chanaleilles (1153-1154)
Andrè de Montbard(1155-1156)
Bertand de Blancheford (1156-1169)
Philippe de Milly (1169-1170)
Eudes de Saint-Amand (1170-1180)
Arnaud de Toroge (1181-1184)
Gérard de Rideford (1184-1188)
Jean de Gisors (1188-1220)
Marie de Saint-Clair (1220-1266)
Guillaume de Gisors (1266-1307)
Edouard de Bar (1307-1336)
Jeanne de Bar (1336-1351)
Jean de Saint-Clair (1351-1366)
Blanche d'Evreux (1366-1398)
Nicolas Flamel (1398-1418)
Rene d'Anjou (1418-1480)
Grandmasters continued
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Iolande de Bar (1480-1483)
Sandro Filipepi AKA Botticelli (1483-1510)
Leonardo da Vinci (1510-1519)
Charles III (Duke of Bourbon-Montpensier)
(1519-1527)
Ferdinand de Gonzague (1527-1556)
Michel de Notre-Dame AKA
Nostradamus(1556-1566)
Duc de Longueville & Nicolas Froumenteau
(1566-1575)
Louis de Nevers (1575-1595)
Robert Fludd (1595-1637)
Johann Valentin Andrea (1637-1654)
Robert Boyle (1654-1691)
Isaac Newton (1691-1727)
Charles Radclyffe (1727-1746)
Charles de Lorraine (1746-1780)
Maximillian de Lorraine (1780-1801)
Charles Nodier (1801-1844)
Victor Hugo (1844-1885)
Claude Debussy (1885-1918)
Jean Cocteau (1918-1963)
Pierre Plantard (1963-1981)
Merovingian Bloodline
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Bloodline said to be related to Jesus Christ and
Mary Magdalene.
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Ruled France from 476 to 750 AD.
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Priory of Sion claimed to be related.
Origins of The Priory
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1090 Catholic Monks help
elect Godroi as King of
Jerusalem in return for
Mount Sion
Headquarters located at
Notre Dame Mount Sion.
Founded in 1090 by
Godfroi de Bouillion
Formed the Knights
Templar to fight Crusades
Relation to Knights Templar
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Priory of Sion created the
Knights Templar.
The grandmaster of the
Templar answered to the
Priory.
1188 Cutting of the Elms
occurs.
Knights continue actively
in history.
Priory of Sion becomes a
mystery after Crusades.
The Real Priory of Sion
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Created by Plantard in 1956.
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Registered with French government.
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Based off Catholic Monastery.
Truth
1. The Priory of Sion was not the inner
circle of the Knight of Templar
2. They are not related to the Merovingian
Bloodline
3. They are not keepers of the Holy Grail
The Dossier Secrets have no historical
merit.
4. Dan Brown portrayed a recently created
Hoax as truth
THE END