What do you know about The Priory of Sion?

What do you know about The Priory of Sion?

History - 7 Answers - 2008-06-26 10:22:08

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The Prieuré de Sion, translated from French to English as Priory of Sion, is the name of several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, it refers to a fringe fraternal organization founded and dissolved in France in 1956. However, since the 1960s, it has also come to refer to a mythical secret society plotting to install the Merovingian dynasty on the thrones of France and the rest of Europe since the Middle Ages. This myth was speculated on, and popularized, by the 1982 controversial book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, and later claimed as factual in the preface of the 2003 conspiracy fiction novel The Da Vinci Code. After becoming a cause célèbre, the mythical Priory of Sion was exposed as a ludibrium created in 1961 by Pierre Plantard, a false pretender to the French throne. The evidence presented in support of its historical existence and activities before 1956 was discovered to have been forged and then planted in various locations around France by Plantard and his accomplices. Nevertheless, many conspiracy theorists persist in believing that the Priory of Sion is a 1000-year-old cabal which conceals a subversive secret. The Priory of Sion myth has been exhaustively debunked by journalists and scholars as one of the great hoaxes of the 20th century. However, some skeptics have expressed concern that the proliferation and popularity of books, websites and films inspired by this hoax have contributed to the problem of conspiracy theories, pseudohistory, superstition and other confusions becoming more mainstream. Others are troubled by the romantic reactionary ideology unwittingly promoted in these works.

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Answer 1
It's fake.
2008-06-26 10:25:33

Answer 2
That it was in a fictional book and movie
2008-06-26 10:25:55

Answer 3
The Prieuré de Sion, translated from French to English as Priory of Sion, is the name of several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically, it refers to a fringe fraternal organization founded and dissolved in France in 1956. However, since the 1960s, it has also come to refer to a mythical secret society plotting to install the Merovingian dynasty on the thrones of France and the rest of Europe since the Middle Ages. This myth was speculated on, and popularized, by the 1982 controversial book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, and later claimed as factual in the preface of the 2003 conspiracy fiction novel The Da Vinci Code. André Bonhomme was one of the four founding members of the Priory of Sion in Annemasse in 1956, along with Pierre Plantard. He is tired of being harassed by inquiries about the nature of the association and doesn't want any publicity – he refuses to be interviewed on television or on radio. He doesn't understand where people get the idea that the Priory was anything other than what it was – just a small club of friends. This was the statement he made to the BBC in 1996: "The Priory of Sion doesn't exist anymore. We were never involved in any activities of a political nature. It was four friends who came together to have fun. We called ourselves the Priory of Sion because there was a mountain by the same name close-by. I haven't seen Pierre Plantard in over 20 years and I don't know what he's up to but he always had a great imagination. I don't know why people try to make such a big thing out of nothing."
2008-06-26 10:30:27

Answer 4
yeah it's fake, but watch the Davinci Code
2008-06-26 10:32:55

Answer 5
Fake
2008-06-26 11:10:20

Answer 6
It is actually the Priory of SCion. With a C. As far as I know, it is a fictional group that is based off of the FReemasons. You must have just read the DaVinci code . If you want to know more abot the Freemasons or the Knights TEmplar, do some research about the Crusades and SEcret Societies.
2008-06-26 11:12:22