Today the Poor Knights of Christ, called Templars, are laymen and laywomen from many countries who take up the original ...

is believed to have been first owned by the Knights Templar in the 13th Century. The much later photo (above), which was taken in around 1891, shows the Templar crosses displayed on the front of ...

Templar volunteers ... and the unmistakable cross pattée — are like the heirs of Friar Hugone de’ Pagani, the first master of the ancient Order of the Poor Knights of Christ, commonly known ...