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Notitiae Templariae.
ful Syrian expedition , where he was foiled and worsted by the writer of them , he exclaimed , 'It is very extraordinary ; ' and on his return to Paris , fearing the accomplishment of the remainder of the prediction , after having procured through Regnauld de St . Jean d'Angely the sight of a copy in the hands of Baruel Beauvert , he forthwith ordered the building to be levelled to the ground , " Not a stone , it may be affirmed , is now standing upon another of the original extensive House of the Temple . That which is known by the name of the " Palais du Temple " is the work of the Knights of St . John , or of Malta , and was built by their Grand Prior in 1566 .
According to Munter , there exists in the Vatican Library at Rome a roll or catalogue of the Templar Preceptories in the provinces of France and Normandy , comprising no fewer than eighty-five commanderies and two hundred and eighty-three subordinate houses . One of the earliest places occupied by the Order seems to have been the convent of St . Maurice in Perigord , where they were established in the year 1139 . Among the principal establishments were the priories of Estampes in the diocese of Soissonseach of which had eleven subordinate houses
, attached : the priory of Hainaut and Cambrai , containing twelve subordinate houses ; that of Flanders , within the diocese of Tournay , and of Avaltir , the former having fourteen , the latter thirty-two dependent preceptories . Large and richly endowed colleges or convents existed also at Laon , Beauvais , Chartres , Chatillon-sur-Seine , Rochelle , Rheims , and Thoulouse .
The names of Le Temple d'Angers , Ivry de Temple , Temple Dayen , Neuville au Temple , and the like , enumerated by Boisgelin among the commanderies of the Knights of Malta , sufficiently indicates their true origin . There were also the Preceptories of La Ville Dieu en la Montague , the seat of the Grand Prior or Preceptor of Normandy ; Poitiers , the seat of the Grand Prior of Acquitaine ; and the Temple at Montpellier , the head quarters of the Prior of Provence . Jacques de Molay is recorded to have been initiated in the Chapel of
the Order at Beauvais , in 1265—Himbert de Peraut , Grand Visitator of France , officiating as Master of Ceremonies . We find also mention made of the Temple-house at St . Omer , which was given to his Order by Godfrey de St . Omer , the Comrade of Hugo de Payens . This must have been one of the very oldest possessions of the Knights in Europe .
ITALY . This country was divided into two great provinces , one of which was that of Upper and Middle Ital y , comprehending Lombardy , Tuscany the States of the Church , Spoleto , Ancona , Campania , and Sardinia . The Convent or Temple-house at Rome formed the seat of the Grand Prior , and was founded so early as the time of St . Bernard , the great patron of the Kni ghts . It was situated on the summit of the Aventine Mount
, over-hanging the rivet Tiber , and its church or chapel still remains , under the denomination of Santa Maria del Priorala . The Knights of the Hospital , or of Malta , who succeeded to the Templar estates , subsequently occupied this priorial seat , and , we believe , yet hold the superiority of the church . Within it is to be seen an antique marble sarcophagus , containing the remains of some prelate of one or ' other of the military and religious Orders . Possibly more interesting relics might be detected b y the eye of the Masonic inspector . VOL . VIII .
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Notitiae Templariae.
ful Syrian expedition , where he was foiled and worsted by the writer of them , he exclaimed , 'It is very extraordinary ; ' and on his return to Paris , fearing the accomplishment of the remainder of the prediction , after having procured through Regnauld de St . Jean d'Angely the sight of a copy in the hands of Baruel Beauvert , he forthwith ordered the building to be levelled to the ground , " Not a stone , it may be affirmed , is now standing upon another of the original extensive House of the Temple . That which is known by the name of the " Palais du Temple " is the work of the Knights of St . John , or of Malta , and was built by their Grand Prior in 1566 .
According to Munter , there exists in the Vatican Library at Rome a roll or catalogue of the Templar Preceptories in the provinces of France and Normandy , comprising no fewer than eighty-five commanderies and two hundred and eighty-three subordinate houses . One of the earliest places occupied by the Order seems to have been the convent of St . Maurice in Perigord , where they were established in the year 1139 . Among the principal establishments were the priories of Estampes in the diocese of Soissonseach of which had eleven subordinate houses
, attached : the priory of Hainaut and Cambrai , containing twelve subordinate houses ; that of Flanders , within the diocese of Tournay , and of Avaltir , the former having fourteen , the latter thirty-two dependent preceptories . Large and richly endowed colleges or convents existed also at Laon , Beauvais , Chartres , Chatillon-sur-Seine , Rochelle , Rheims , and Thoulouse .
The names of Le Temple d'Angers , Ivry de Temple , Temple Dayen , Neuville au Temple , and the like , enumerated by Boisgelin among the commanderies of the Knights of Malta , sufficiently indicates their true origin . There were also the Preceptories of La Ville Dieu en la Montague , the seat of the Grand Prior or Preceptor of Normandy ; Poitiers , the seat of the Grand Prior of Acquitaine ; and the Temple at Montpellier , the head quarters of the Prior of Provence . Jacques de Molay is recorded to have been initiated in the Chapel of
the Order at Beauvais , in 1265—Himbert de Peraut , Grand Visitator of France , officiating as Master of Ceremonies . We find also mention made of the Temple-house at St . Omer , which was given to his Order by Godfrey de St . Omer , the Comrade of Hugo de Payens . This must have been one of the very oldest possessions of the Knights in Europe .
ITALY . This country was divided into two great provinces , one of which was that of Upper and Middle Ital y , comprehending Lombardy , Tuscany the States of the Church , Spoleto , Ancona , Campania , and Sardinia . The Convent or Temple-house at Rome formed the seat of the Grand Prior , and was founded so early as the time of St . Bernard , the great patron of the Kni ghts . It was situated on the summit of the Aventine Mount
, over-hanging the rivet Tiber , and its church or chapel still remains , under the denomination of Santa Maria del Priorala . The Knights of the Hospital , or of Malta , who succeeded to the Templar estates , subsequently occupied this priorial seat , and , we believe , yet hold the superiority of the church . Within it is to be seen an antique marble sarcophagus , containing the remains of some prelate of one or ' other of the military and religious Orders . Possibly more interesting relics might be detected b y the eye of the Masonic inspector . VOL . VIII .