Sterling Silver Cross Necklaces

Sterling Silver Cross Necklaces

Everyone who wears cross necklaces know about the symbol of the Christian cross. But there are countless sterling silver cross necklaces that have additional symbolism added to the standard cross necklace that it bears reviewing some of the added symbols that are added to silver cross necklaces.

The cross necklaces we will discuss today with be a variety of Fleur de lis cross necklaces. Some call the Fleur de lis cross necklace a French cross necklace or a New Orleans cross necklace.

First let's take an arbitrary cross necklace from the traditional collection of silver cross necklaces so we can see how they compare. Here is a very standard cross necklace:

Now let's look a few Fleur de Lis cross necklaces.

The Fleur de lis is also know as the Lilly of France. But what makes it special is that the three buds, usually representing the bottom of the Fleur de lis represents the Holy Trinity or Godhead.

The three buds can also represent four groups of three buds with each bud representing on the the twelve disciples. When this is the case the Fleur de Lis cross necklaces are called disciples cross necklaces.

There are three pictures that represent Fleur de lis cross necklaces with different styles but they all have the Fleur de Lis symbol on them.