King Philip pressuring Pope Clement V, the Knights Templar were dissolved in 1312 under the pressure of Pope Clement V. A rival order, the Knights Hospitallers, received both the group’s belongings ...

Although the knights were initially opposed by religious authorities, the Catholic Church officially endorsed them in 1129 and prominent abbot Bernard of Clairvaux supported them. Europeans began ...

Templars Today, a private association of lay faithful, signed an agreement with the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization to ...

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Not only were they among the shock troops of Christendom ... Under further pressure, the Pope abolished the order and the ...

The cave was discovered accidentally in 1742, and although there are no records about its origin or purpose, the most popular theory is that the Knights Templar may have used it as a secret place ...

The Templars established their administrative ... In their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, the knights were bound by a monastic vow of poverty. While in practice this meant that ...