More fact:The phrase appears variously as Dieu le veut (French), Deus lo vult, etc.
It originates in Christian Bible as a declaration by Saint Paul: "Deus vult omnes homines salvos fieri,"—"God willeth all men to be saved."[2] Deus vult has appeared on the ecclesiastic seals of bishops of many Western Christian denominations;[1] it was also once woven with gold thread into the Pope's pallium.