Thursday, October 9, 2008

Montjoie Saint Denis!



It is the feast of St. Denis the martyr, whose name was the battle-cry of France. Montjoie Saint-Denis referred to the oriflamme, the ancient banner of the kings of France. Share

3 comments:

Enbrethiliel said...

+JMJ+

Elena, do you do memes? I've tagged you for the Holy Card Meme--but it's completely voluntary, of course! =)

http://enbrethiliel.blogspot.com/2008/10/velvet-httpartlinda.html

elena maria vidal said...

Thanks, I'll do it if I have time!

Alexandra said...

Beautiful post...thanks for the memory jog. The French sure did know how to go to battle! Montjoie Saint Denis! How inspiring.