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.

2017年7月13日 · The Knights Templar was a large organization of devout Christians during the medieval era who carried out an important mission: to protect European travelers visiting sites in the Holy Land...

The Knights Templar were an elite fighting force of their day, highly trained, well-equipped, and highly motivated; one of the tenets of their religious order was that they were forbidden from retreating in battle, unless outnumbered three to one, and even then only by order of their commander, or if the Templar flag went down. Not all Knights ...

2025年1月19日 · Templar, member of the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, a religious military order of knighthood established at the time of the Crusades that became a model and inspiration for other military orders.

2018年9月28日 · The Knights Templar were established c. 1119 and given papal recognition in 1129. It was a Catholic medieval military order whose members combined martial prowess with a monastic life to defend Christian holy sites and pilgrims in the Middle East and elsewhere.

2025年1月20日 · Picture yourself walking the cobbled streets of medieval Paris, where towering fortifications of the Temple once cast long shadows across the city. The Knights Templar who lived within those walls left footprints across France that we can still trace today – though their story is far more complex than the legends would have us believe.

An organisation shrouded in mystery, the Knights Templar began as a Catholic military order created to protect pilgrims on their journeys to and from the Holy Land. Though one of a number of religious orders at that time, the Knights Templar is certainly the most famous today.

2012年10月17日 · Known for their austere code of conduct and signature style of dress (white habits emblazoned with a red cross), the Templars established new chapters throughout Western Europe.

2024年1月12日 · Mystery, legend and myth surround the Knights Templar, a religious military order of knighthood formed at the time of the Crusades and sworn to defend Christian holy sites in the Holy Land.

2024年10月13日 · The Knights Templar, officially founded around 1119 and recognized by the papal bull Omne datum optimum from Pope Innocent II, emerged as one of the wealthiest and most influential military orders in Western Christianity.