Hélion de Villeneuve
Hélion de Villeneuve
Silver gigliato of Helion de Villeuneuve, Grand Master of the Knights of Rhodes, 1319-1346
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]
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| Preceded by Foulques de Villaret |
Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1319–1346 |
Succeeded by Dieudonné de Gozon |
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