As I've told you many times, the Priory de Zion has been the guiding force behind the Knights Templars, the French faction which has been our military might and the possessor of the holy grail which Mary Magdalene took into this country after the crucifixion of Jesus." "That cup symbolizes the bloodline of our order as being descended from a divinity which has been passed down through the Merovingian ancestry and to which we are the rightful heirs. You must carefully preserve this knowledge I'm telling you and contain it only within our order, which strives to reassert our rights to the throne of the world."

"I will Jean. Wouldn't it be great if we were able to safeguard such a secret so that our order traversed through country lines, nation states, and occupations?"

The gleam which had flared within de Gisors' eyes now forcefully overtakes de Saint-Clair's, who ardently continues...

Leigh, R. Lincoln, H. (1982). Holy Blood, Holy Grail. New York: Dell Publishing. p. 131
Loyd, L. (1975). The Origins of Anglo-Norman Families. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 45.