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Knights Templars

protected pilgrims to the Holy Land and fought the Saracens. [Medieval Hist.: NCE, 1490]
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I'm not sure if the Knights Templars drank wine and played air guitar to the Eagles' Hotel California on the castle terrace but the photos proved they did when we stayed there.
'The Knights Templar, the Crusader knights, do claim to have found the Ark of the Covenant in the Middle East when they were fighting the Saracens and brought it back to England.
The Knights Templar were founded in 1118 by French nobleman Hughes de Payens.
Of all the unspoilt hamlets found in rural Warwickshire, Temple Balsall remains perhaps the most intriguing, with its legacy dating back to the Knights Templar.
11 The Knights Templars were one of the earliest founders of military orders.
"I now believe the Ark itself was rescued from Petra, in southern Jordan, by the Knights Templars and brought back to Warwickshire during the 12th century."
In Guardians Of The Holy Grail: The Knights Templar, John The Baptist, And The Water Of Life, author and spiritual instructor Mark Amaru Pinkham lays out the history of the Knights Templar and the legendary Holy Grail.
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