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Cross of Saint James


In heraldry, the Cross of Saint James, also called the Santiago cross or the cruz espada, is a charge in the form of a cross. It combines a cross fitchy (the lower limb is pointed, as if to be driven into the ground) with either a cross fleury (the arms end in fleurs-de-lys) or a cross moline (the ends of the arms are forked and rounded).

Most notably, a red Cross of Saint James with flourished arms, surmounted with an escallop, was the emblem of the twelfth-century Spanish military Order of Santiago, named after Saint James the Greater. It is also used as a decorative element on the Tarta de Santiago, a traditional Galician sweet.

Cross fleury

Cross moline

Cross fitchy

Cross of Saint James

Cross of Saint James as used by the Order of Santiago

Cross of Saint James from the heraldic atlas of Jhr. J.L.M.Graafland

Cross crosslet fitchy

Cross of Saint James

Cross of Saint James - Order of Saint James of the Sword (Portugal)

Emblem of the Universidad de Santiago de Chile


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