THE PRIORY OF ZION
900-year-old French organisation supposedly possessing proof that Jesus survived the crucifixion. Allegedly, it is also the repository of Europe's secret history and the underground annals of all Christendom. Linked to the Knights Templar according to documents lodged in the Biliotheque Nationale, and has allegedly existed for centuries, featuring luminaries such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sir Isaac Newton and Victor Hugo. Presently led, reputedly, by Pierre Plantard de Saint-Clair, its power base is based around the village of Rennes-le-Chateau.
Sources: The Giant Book of Conspiracies by Jonathan Vankin and John Whelan and Holy Blood, Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln, Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh

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