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Oct 13, 2017 · Knights Templar. One of the most popular theories, however, links Friday the 13th with the fall of a fearsome group of legendary warriors—the Knights Templar. Founded around 1118 as a monastic ...
Aug 9, 2023 · On Friday, October 13th, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the simultaneous arrest of an exclusive society called the Templar Knights – a powerful and wealthy medieval Christian military order. The Templar Knights were renowned for their military prowess and financial influence.
May 12, 2016 · The Knights Templar escort Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem in an illustration from around 1800. Centuries after the Templars’ dissolution, Friday the 13th was erroneously attributed to their arrest.
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On this day in 1307, French king Philip IV the Fair ordered the mass arrest of Knights Templar in the Kingdom of France. That day fell on Friday 13 th and some consider that the superstition about Friday 13 th being an unlucky day stems from this very event. Even the Grand Master of the order, the famed Jacqes de Molay, was arrested in Paris ...
Military order (religious society) Catholic orders of chivalry. Militia Templi. Catholic Church portal. v. t. e. The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a French military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the wealthiest and most popular military orders in Western Christianity.
Whatever the origin of the rumours, Philip seized on them to justify a merciless assault on the entire order. On Thursday the 12th of October 1307, Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay had the honour of being the pallbearer at the funeral of the king’s sister-in-law. The very next morning, he was arrested on the orders of that same king ...
Mar 5, 2019 · READ MORE: Why Friday the 13th Spelled Doom for the Knights Templar Grisly torture was used to elicit confessions That was all the excuse Philip needed to send out his arrest orders in September 1307.
