The Knights Templar were a Catholic military religious order founded in 1119 by the French knight Hugues de Payens, who proposed a monastic order to protect Christian pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem after the First Crusade. The order grew into one of the wealthiest and most powerful institutions of medieval Christendom, developing an early form of international banking to move pilgrims' funds safely across Europe and the Crusader states, and fielding a formidable fighting force in the Crusades. Deeply in debt to the order and eager to seize its wealth, King Philip IV of France orchestrated the arrest of its members on charges of heresy in 1307; Pope Clement V formally dissolved the order at the Council of Vienne in 1312 with the bull Vox in excelso.
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Organization TypeCatholic military religious order 1 HeadquartersJerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem (founding); later Paris, Kingdom of France 1 IndustryCatholic military order 2 Organization Type
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The Order of Christ was founded in Portugal in 1319 as the successor to the suppressed Knights Templar.
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Dissolved under pressure from King Philip IV of France, who orchestrated the arrest of its members in 1307.
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The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a military order of the Catholic faith.
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a monastic Catholic religious order for the protection of these pilgrims.
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At the Council of Vienne in 1312, he issued a series of papal bulls, including Vox in excelso, which officially dissolved the order.
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However, based on the model of the Knights Templar, it was transformed into a military order in 1198 and the head of the order became known as the Grand Master (magister hospitalis).
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The order was founded around 1118, by French knights Hughes de Payens
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