Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Calatrava

(Red Cross Knights of). Instituted at Calatrava, in Spain, by Sancho III. of Castile in 1158; their badge is a red cross cut out in the form of lilies, on the left breast of a white mantle.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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