On this day in 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God.
All manner of myths and legends have grown up around the Knights Templar which have fed the conspiracy theorists throughout history. However one of the, the ark of the covenant, did bring us that cracking yarn The Da Vinci Code.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
On this day
Posted by Simon Fawthrop at Sunday, January 13, 2008
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