 Huguenot descendants sometimes display this symbol as a sign of "reconnaissance" (recognition) between them.<ref></ref>

The issue of demographic strength and geographical spread of the Reformed tradition in France has been covered in a variety of sources.Most of them agree that the Huguenot population reached as many as 10% of the total population, or roughly 2 million people, on the eve of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572.<ref name="ReferenceA">Hans J. Hillerbrand, "Encyclopedia of Protestantism