During the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II called upon the first crusade urging the princes and their subjects to free the churches of the east, “For those determined upon going on this holy pilgrimage, shall make their vow to God to offer himself as a, living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to him, they shall wear the sign of the cross of the Lord on their forehead or on their breast, and when,' truly',' having fulfilled their vow they wish to return, let them place the cross on their back or upon their right shoulder, Such, indeed, by the twofold action will fulfill the precept of the Lord, as He commands in the Gospel, "He that taketh not his cross and followed after me, is not worthy of me." for this, knights and soldier who wore crosses this way where known as Croce Signati or Marked with the Cross, “, and according to Robert the Monk, after Pope Urban had said these things, he so influenced to one purpose the desires of all who were present, that they cried out, "It is the will of God! It is the will of God!" or Deus Vult!, Deus Vult! This would later become the motto of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
*5.75”x8”
*75 Pages
*Matte finish
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| Height, in | 8.07 |
| Width, in | 5.71 |
| Depth, in | 0.55 |