Umberto Eco wrote in his novel Foucault’s Pendulum: “The lunatic is easily recognised. Sooner or later he brings up the Templars.”

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 02:36:32 GMT

ON FRIDAY, October 13, 1307, hundreds of Knights Templar, the wealthy and secretive order of fighting monks, were rounded up, tortured and massacred for alleged crimes against Christianity “too horrible to contemplate”.