Hélion de Villeneuve
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Hélion de Villeneuve was a French-born
Grand Master
of the Knights of St. John. He was the brother of Saint Roseline
.
He died on the island of Rhodes
.
The blazon
of his coat-of-arms was Gules six tilting spears in fretty, in-between the spears semy of escutcheons, all or.
There is a legend told of Hélion involving a dragon
and a young knight.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Grand Master
Grand Master (order)
Grand Master is the typical title of the supreme head of various orders of knighthood, including various military orders, religious orders and civil orders such as the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Orange Order...
of the Knights of St. John. He was the brother of Saint Roseline
Saint Roseline
Saint Roseline was born at the château of Les Arcs-Sur Argens in eastern Provence, near Draguignan. Having overcome her father's opposition, Roseline became a Carthusian nun at Bertaud in the Alps of Dauphiné....
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He died on the island of Rhodes
Rhodes
Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...
.
The blazon
Blazon
In heraldry and heraldic vexillology, a blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, flag or similar emblem, from which the reader can reconstruct the appropriate image...
of his coat-of-arms was Gules six tilting spears in fretty, in-between the spears semy of escutcheons, all or.
There is a legend told of Hélion involving a dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
and a young knight.