Cross form
Cross of Saint James (Santiago)
Also: cruz de Santiago · sword cross
Form
A red sword-cross, with a long pointed blade, a shaped hilt and curling side terminals.
When it is documented
The sign of the Order of Santiago; see the order’s entry for dates.
Links in the Atlas
- Emblem of Order of Santiago (Order)
The cross of the order.
Sources and how they were checked
Sword and fleury arms.
Production batch 1 manifest, sym-cross-santiago-red (“Heraldic records of the Order of Santiago”); also the order’s Atlas image note · batch-1
Restored sword blade, distinctive hilt and curling side terminals. Adapted from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cross_Santiago.svg by WarX (2006). CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Changes: normalized canvas, matte Atlas colour, fine grain, bevel lighting and virtual-light response. This adaptation is CC BY-SA 3.0. Reference geometry is an artistic exemplar, not proof of an earliest historical date.
WarX (2006) — visual reference and artwork credit · checked 2026-10-23 (reference artwork inspected; visual form, not proof of earliest historical use)
