The Christian propaganda called “The Vision of Constantine” does not date from the time of the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

If such a thing happened, one would expect it to be mentioned by Lactantius, who was a counselor of Constantine. But he instead mentions a dream.

It was Eusebius of Caesarea who was first responsible for evolving the myth of the “Vision” of Constantine – perhaps inspired by the myth of the Star of Bethlehem (itself modelled upon Numbers 24:17: “There shall come forth a star out of Jacob: a scepter will rise out of Israel”).

Most historians believe that the “Vision” of Constantine was a pious fabrication, and that Constantine converted only at the end of his life (if at all).

No wonder people believe in the myths of Rennes-le-Château if they believe in this myth.

The phrase “In Hoc Signo Vinces” was used by the French Right-Wing during the time of Abbé Bérenger Saunière, in the conflict between Church and State. The defiance by members of the French Clergy of the Republic would have been the significance of the phrase above Saunière’s Holy Water Stoup and the statue of the Devil, with “In Hoc Signo Vinces” slightly modified into “Par Ce Signe Tu Le Vaincras” – as would have been the phrase “Ecce Agnus Dei” found in the Baptismal Font (a phrase only found in the Gospel of John).

The embodiment of The French Republic is Marianne.

A popular painting by Eugène Delacroix called La Liberté guidant le peuple (“Liberty Leading The People”) commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X – showing a woman wearing a Phrygian cap personifying the concept and Goddess of Liberty holding aloft the Flag of the French Revolution – the Tricolor, that became the National Flag of France after the Revolution, is also an extension of the figure of Marianne.

The Separation of Church from State in France in 1905 is commonly known as the continuation of The French Revolution.

Of course, our believers in Rennes-le-Château mythology are not interested in this!