The Knights Templar, with their austere rule and discipline, reflected the aspirations of many monks and knights of the late Middle Ages, aspirations that perhaps still today can reflect some of our contemporary ideals and dreams. In the 12th and 13th centuries, to be a monk worthy of a white coat symbolized to be a man worthy of himself, worthy of his own interior world. This is the spirit of the Templars, a spirit survived over the centuries through vendettas and destruction, a spirit still alive and far from dying. “Traces of the Templars” intends to retrieve and disseminate all those lost, forgotten and erased documents, which may help us to rebuild and redeem the true story of the Knights Templar.
It was on the 13th of October 1307 when the King of France, Filippo il Bello, ordered the arrest of the Templar Knights. The monks who belonged to the order were imprisoned and tortured, including the Great Master, Jacques de Molay. Their property was confiscated, and all archives and documents were destroyed, making the task [...]
Who was Bevignate, the mysterious hermit lived in Perugia who the Holy Church refused to canonize?
An aura of mystery surrounds this monk who was venerated by the Templars so much that they dedicated their new church built in Perugia to him.
I started research on Bevignate and discovered that he was indeed linked to the Order [...]
Even if we do not have evidence of his existence, we must rely on tradition to tell us Bevignate was a hermit who lived in Perugia, although we don’t know exactly when. André Vauchez called him “the mysterious saint of Perugia” and Ugolino Nicolini said, “total darkness surrounds his story.” Nicolò Del Re wrote: “Nothing [...]
Keeping guard over the myth of the templar monks stands proud and mightily one of the most extraordinary templar buildings of Europe: the church of St. Bevignate. It was built on the eastern side of Perugia, on the remains of an ancient roman home and laundry house, discovered only days ago beneath the flooring of [...]
