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Templar with axe and shield after the fight Made of artificial stone Size: L x W x H approx. 10x6x20 cm › See more product details; Product description Hugo von Payns was born in Payns around 1070 and died on May 24, 1136. He founded the Order of the Knights Templar (Militia templi) in 1118 with other members. Their task was to protect the pilgrims from pathways and attacks. Free from the pursuit of wealth and in complete devotion to God, they saw themselves bound only by the rules of their order. The name refers to the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. On its remains, the first quarter of the Templars was then located in the eastern part of the palace of King Balduin I. The Templar cross or paw cross, was red on a white background. Red stood for the blood they were willing to sacrifice in the holy war, white underlined the pure, flawless sentiment. The cross symbolised the power of the Christian cross and the expanding paws their courage, because in battle it was never to give up, preferred to die. Pope Innocent II, a former student of St. Bernhard gave the Templars the freedom to be subject only to his instructions in 1139, to be able to raise their own taxes, to build their own churches and the right to deviate from the church faith. From 1128, the number of joining the order and the Templar fortune grew steeply. The partially impoverished nobility and King Philip IV. the beautiful, of France owed the Templars a lot of money. The newly established Pope Clement V, was obliged to the French king to great thanks, but he had contributed not entirely insignificantly to his appointment as head of the church. Now it was necessary to find the accusation to tear the fortune of the Knights Templar and this was \; Product description Hugo von Payns was born in Payns around 1070 and died on May 24, 1136. He founded the Order of the Knights Templar (Militia templi) in 1118 with other members. Their task was to protect the pilgrims from pathways and attacks. Free from the pursuit of wealth and in complete devotion to God, they saw themselves bound only by the rules of their order. The name refers to the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. On its remains, the first quarter of the Templars was then located in the eastern part of the palace of King Balduin I. The Templar cross or paw cross, was red on a white background. Red stood for the blood they were willing to sacrifice in the holy war, white underlined the pure, flawless sentiment. The cross symbolised the power of the Christian cross and the expanding paws their courage, because in battle it was never to give up, preferred to die. Pope Innocent II, a former student of St. Bernhard gave the Templars the freedom to be subject only to his instructions in 1139, to be able to raise their own taxes, to build their own churches and the right to deviate from the church faith. From 1128, the number of joining the order and the Templar fortune grew steeply. The partially impoverished nobility and King Philip IV. the beautiful, of France owed the Templars a lot of money. The newly established Pope Clement V, was obliged to the French king to great thanks, but he had contributed not entirely insignificantly to his appointment as head of the church. Now it was necessary to find the accusation to tear the fortune of the Knights Templar and this was \; Hugo von Payns was born in Payns around 1070 and died on May 24, 1136. He founded the Order of the Knights Templar (Militia templi) in 1118 with other members. Their task was to protect the pilgrims from pathways and attacks. Free from the pursuit of wealth and in complete devotion to God, they saw themselves bound only by the rules of their order. The name refers to the temple of Solomon in Jerusalem. On its remains, the first quarter of the Templars was then located in the eastern part of the palace of King Balduin I. The Templar cross or paw cross, was red on a white background. Red stood for the blood they were willing to sacrifice in the holy war, white underlined the pure, flawless sentiment. The cross symbolised the power of the Christian cross and the expanding paws their courage, because in battle it was never to give up, preferred to die. Pope Innocent II, a former student of St. Bernhard gave the Templars the freedom to be subject only to his instructions in 1139, to be able to raise their own taxes, to build their own churches and the right to deviate from the church faith. From 1128, the number of joining the order and the Templar fortune grew steeply. The partially impoverished nobility and King Philip IV. the beautiful, of France owed the Templars a lot of money. The newly established Pope Clement V, was obliged to the French king to great thanks, but he had contributed not entirely insignificantly to his appointment as head of the church. Now it was necessary to find the accusation to tear the fortune of the Knights Templar and this was \