Artwork of a Templar knight wearing chain mail, helmet and a white tunic with a red cross emblem and wielding a sword and shield Credit: Photo: GETTY They originally consisted of a group of ...

believed to have been first used by the Knights Templar in 1147. Kristina Krug Joseph A. Auteri draws his sword and hands it to his Grand Prior, Patrick Carney, who brings it down through a layer ...

The Vatican's recent decision to release documents on the persecution of the Knights ... long cloaks and swords." The overall effect is "clubby with a slight mystical element". The major non-Masonic, ...

A sword discovered 30 years ago in Shropshire's mysterious Caynton caves has been identified as a precious 13th Century weapon potentially belonging to a member of the Knights Templar. Mark Lawton ...