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The Priory of Sion
The Priory of Sion formally known as French “Prieure also claimed to be the real French king in the 1920’s.
de Sion” is a name given to an organisation which So to conclude, the Priory of Sion is just a myth but
focuses on protecting Jesus and Mary Magdalene’s I think it would have been so interesting if it was an
bloodline. It is also known as the real reason behind actual organization but of course that would tear the
the knight templars. It was introduced to the public by world apart.
many films and books, some of them gained a lot of
attention and popularity especially in “Holy Blood,Holy
Grail” and “The Da Vinci Code” which is now a major Ayşegül Şar
motion picture. This organization is believed to have
worldwide famous members like Leonardo Da Vinci,Sir
Isaac Newton,Victor Hugo and many more.Although
it’s existence was denied by the Vatican
Some still believe that the organization is real. Of
course it is mostly caused by Dan Brown claiming that
this myth was a fact in his book(Da Vinci Code). The
thing is, although both the knight templars and the
Cathers are historical facts, there’s no proof that the
Priory of Sion and its members ever existed. However
we do know that a Priory of Sion did exist but it was
founded and dissolved in France by Pierre Plantard in
1956. So, according to the facts we know today none of
the famous names that we know of have participated in
this organization. But the authors that wrote about this
topic being real is basing their research on the Dossier
Secrets found in the National Archives in Paris which
we later learned that they were fakes and there was no
such document.And what we later found out is that it
was all a hoax created by the man I mentioned above
Pierre Plantard.Another fun fact about him is that he
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