(SANTA CLAUS=ST NICHOLAS) >1) google: "santa claus / saint nicholas ************** +ROUGEMONT KNIGHTS TEMPLAR+ 2) google: "rougemonts owned the shroud of turin" ******************* +SAINT NICHOLAS CHAPEL+ >dedicated to children was built by +COUNT GUILAUME de GRUYERE+ at the priory of *************** +ROUGEMOUNT+ >after his safe return from the +FIRST CRUSADE+ **************** +ROUGEMONT MONESTARY+ > founded also by count guilaume is located near gruyere and was ********************************* >MOST LIKELY THE SOURCE OF THE FAMOUS ROUGEMOUNT +KNIGHTS TEMPLARS+. ********************* >i have just found corroboration for this on the internet and is another ************************************ +TIE BETWEEN OUR GRUYERE COUNTS AND OUR VERLOIN deGRUY FAMILY ************************************* +(burgundy counts)+ >via the rougemount knights templar ( LA ROCHE / VILLERSEXEL ) >relatives of the decharney /devirgy ************************************ +OWNERSHIP OF THE HOLY SHROUD+. +BEFORE IT WENT TO TURIN+ (saint hippolyte church, montfort +S. OF MAGNY FOUCHARD+ *************************** +CHRISTMAS OVERVIEW+ ************************ >tasso the great poet of the first crusade has written about the ******************************* +LEADERSHIP OF THE GRUYERE KNIGHTS AT JERUSALEM >(gruyere flag 1st over the jerusalem walls) ********************* >it is not surprising that the zeal of count guilaume de gruyere for ******************************** +CHRISTIAN / CHRISTMAS+ (st. nicholas chapel) >also coincided with the growth of +THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR+ ************************ >note: the great swiss cultural hero +DENIS de ROUGEMONT+ (templar scholar and poet, born in 1906) +FATHER OF A UNITED EUROPE+ >a force behind the european union has written about the evolution ********************************* > OF THE GRAIL ROMANCES & (romantic poetry) > THE TROUBADOERS FROM (chretian de troyes) +THE CATHAR / TEMPLARS+ ************************** >and very importantly the templars +ROSE CROSS/ROSICRUCIAN+ (rosicrucian blazon same as rougemount coat of arms) *************************** +CROSS SURROUNDED+ +B Y + R O S E S+ *************** >EVOLUTION FROM< ( yes ) ***** +ROUGEMONT , SWITZERLAND+ founded by count guilaume +de GRUYERE in 1080+ ********************* (JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS) ******************************** gene ray, san diego, california