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The Order of the Dragon adopted as its symbol in 1408 the image of a circular dragon with its tail coiled around its neck. On its back, from the base of its neck to its tail, was the red cross of St George on the background of a silver field. With the expansion of the Order, other symbols were adopted, all variations on the theme of Dragon and Cross. For example, one class of the Order used a Dragon being strangled with a cross draped across its back; another presents a cross perpendicular to a coiled-up dragon with an inscription "O quam misericors est Deus" (vertical) and "Justus et paciens" (horizontal). Other emblems of the Order included a necklace and a seal, each with a variant form of the dragon motif.
Vlad was obviously proud of this achievement. Later he had coins minted which show on one side a winged dragon. His personal coat-of-arms also incorporated a dragon. In all of these cases, the dragon was intended to convey a favourable image drawn from medieval iconography in which the dragon represents the Beast of Revelation (Satan) who is slain by the forces of good (Christianity). Vlad took on the nickname "Dracul" in reference to his induction into the order. The word "Dracul" has its origins in the Latin "Draco" meaning "the Dragon".

His son Vlad (better known as Vlad the Impaler) used the sobriquet "Dracula"in the context of "son of Dracul" or "son of he who was a member of the Order of the Dragon". Once again it was used as a term of honour. On a number of occasions, Vlad (the Impaler) signed documents using the name. The word "dracul", however, took on a second meaning ("the devil") which was applied to members of the Dracula family by their enemies and possibly also by superstitious peasants. It was this second meaning that found its way into William Wilkinson's An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia (1820), the book in which Bram Stoker found the name "Dracula". There is no evidence whatsoever that Stoker knew about the Order of the Dragon.

After the death of Sigismund in 1437, the Order of the Dragon lost much of its prominence, only because the Order at that time in history began to be a part of the Underground Stream to protect its surviving families and their offspring. The downwards flow of our blood in this hereditary line of the Order comes through Sigismund de Luxembourg de St. Pol to our Principe Draconis Emeritus and today it is still retained in Heraldry on the Coats-of-Arms of our Noble and Royal families.

in November 1215, the Catholic Church officially recognized the existence of vampires during the Fourth Lateran Council of Catholic Church Leaders in Rome. The church grew concerned that the established Pagan myths would take over the new Catholic beliefs that the church was trying to spread. Therefore the Church then began an investigation of vampires. The church, with the intent to make its beliefs widespread and end Paganism or witchcraft, began to link vampirism with Satan. They decreed that vampires were corpses reanimated by Satan’s devils. They told the people that vampires would flee from the signs of the true Christian God like the crucifix, holy water and other religious Christian symbols.

The irony of this was that the Church was actually trying to get the Pagans to leave behind the belief in vampires but because the Church made such a big deal about it, the people believed in vampires more than ever before.

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KingWasabi
14:34 Feb 13 2020

That is hilarious, The Catholics recognize fictional beings. lol

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