Hélion de Villeneuve
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Hélion de Villeneuve (c. 1270 - 1346) 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.[1]
There is a legend told of Hélion involving a dragon and a young knight.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/malta-armory.htm
- ^ http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/yonge/deeds/dragon.html
| Preceded by Foulques de Villaret |
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1319–1346 |
Succeeded by Dieudonné de Gozon |
