One theory tracing the origins of Friday the 13th as a day of bad luck links it to the downfall of the Knights Templar, a Catholic military order during the Middle Ages. The French king Philip IV ...

One notable event, as chronicled by History.com, took place on Friday, October 13, 1307, when the French King Philip IV's officers apprehended multitudes of Knights Templar - a mighty combination ...

Associating 13 with bad luck "has to do with just ... originated with the arrests of hundreds of members of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307." Theara Coleman has worked as a staff ...

Common to modern folklore are myths about Friday the 13th being the most ... dates back to October 1307 when hundreds of the Knights Templar were arrested in France. Superstitions are often ...

It was a punishment imposed because he had contracted debts with the Templars that he could not pay off,” Borderi said. Today the Poor Knights of Christ, called Templars, are laymen and laywomen ...