KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

Knights Templar: translation

The Knights Templar derived their name from having been the occupants of part of the place where Solomon's Temple used to be. (They were known first and fully as the Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon.) The order was founded by Hugues de Payns in 1118 after the taking of Jerusalem. A military and religious order, its purpose was to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land. Their rule was written by St Bernard. The Church recognised the order in 1128; it was suppressed in 1312. -

Cf.Knights Hospitaller