The Maltese cross (✠) is an emblem used in particular by the Ordre of Malta.
This cross, whose origin perhaps goes back to the Phéniciens, is a very old emblem of the Christians of the East, in the shape of a white cross with eight points, which one said that it represented the eight blisses of the Christ that here:
- satisfaction spiritual
- to simply live without mischievousness
- to live in humility
- to cry its faults and its sins
- to like justice
- to be miséricordieux
- to be Net and sincere in thought and in its heart
- to endure the afflictions
It was logically adopted by the knights of Jerusalem.
When the order of the St-Jean Knights of Jerusalem took possession of Malta, they placed their emblem on the red standard inherited the occupation Norman.
The symbol remained associated with Malta, and if it is not reproduced on the flag (it should not be confused with the Croix of Georges ) it is reproduced for example on the planes of the company Air Malted .
In France, it is the symbol of French Hospital Works about Malta (ŒHFOM), an charitable organization and of Secourisme.
It is nevertheless certain that the origin of this cross goes back to mists of time and as she is found as well on the Amerindian continent as in caves in Greece; the whole being gone back to several thousands of years.
It is not possible to the historians to date his appearance the first as well symbol is old and is present in many places so various as no precise culture can take possession of it.
Other meanings
Was the Maltese cross a sign being reproduced on the keyboards of Télex, which corresponded to code WRU (Who are you?) envoy at the beginning and the end of the message. The Maltese cross is also the name of a device used in cinematography.Cross-of-Malta is also one of the vernacular names of the plant Tribulus terrestris , the terrestrial Tribule.
The Maltese cross became the symbol of Mylène Farmer with the album and concert " Before shade… "
The Maltese cross is also related to all the shirts of the French club of football of AJA (Association of Auxerre-native Youth), sign of the association of Catholic Youth like on that of the Brazilian club C.R. Vasco da Gama.
The Maltese cross is also a symbol Emo.
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