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Knights Templar officer Hugues de Pairaud is forced to confess during the Trials of the Knights Templar. He was persecuted on the charges of false idolism and sodomy.
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Knights Templar
Catholic military order, 1118 to 1312
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the most important military orders in Western Christianity. They were founded in 1118 to defend pilgrims on their way to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hugues de Pairaud
Knights Templar
Hugues de Pairaud was one of the leaders of the Knights Templar. He and Geoffroi de Gonneville were sentenced to life imprisonment on March 18, 1314. They were spared the fate of Jacques de Molay and Geoffroi de Charney, who were both burned at the stake, because they accepted…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Trials of the Knights Templar
Inquisitions and trials of the Knights Templar
The downfall of the Knights Templar was initiated by King Philip IV of France. Philip, who was heavily in debt due to his lavish policies and military endeavours, saw the Templars as a way of alleviating his financial hardship and at the same time eliminating a powerful rival.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 9
Day of the year
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