Instant of history
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The document of absolution gave by Pope Clement V to the Master of the Templar Order Jacques de Molay and the other members of the Order, edited in the first period of proceedings, conserved in Vatican Secret Archives (ASV, Archivum Arcis, Arm. D 217) |
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S. Bernard, promoter of the Order's birth
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Templar knight before the battle
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Templar's coat of arms (extract from old book)
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Jacques de Molay, last Master of the Order, unless
the papacy gives an imprimatur to a new Master.
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Vatican's library extract of the Order's case of charge
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Templar's arrest, Paris in 1307
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18 March 1314 : the Gran Master Jacques de Molay and
Order's dignitaries are burnt alive on Pont-Neuf's bridge, in front
of the Philippe le Bel's palace
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The spirit of the Order wasn't burn, thanks to the
Patriarch Gregoire III we continue to be its witnesses.
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