In Hoc Signo Vinces
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In Hoc Signo Vinces
Image: © Stanley Howe Taken: 14 Jun 2013
The motto of the Knights Templar : in this sign we will conquer. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_hoc_signo_vinces . A plaque mounted on the rear door of the Templars Graveyard at Maryculter in 1925 - 700 years after the Knights Templar were granted their lands there. The smaller plaque (to the right) on the graveyard wall is dated 3 Oct 2010, and marks the centenary of the Order of Knights Templar District Grand Priory of Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine, 1910-2010.
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