Jacques de Molay
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Jacques de Molay, nineteenth-century color lithograph by Chevauchet
Jacques de Molay (est. 1244-5/1249-50 - 18 March 1314),[1] a minor Frankish noble, served as the 23rd, and officially last, Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and is probably the best known Templar besides the order's founder and first grand master, Hugues de Payns. He failed to successfully lead the Templars through the inquisitions made against them and was burnt at the stake on an island in the river Seine in Paris, Ile de la Cité, on 18 March 1314.
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- Quar nous navons volu ne volons le Temple mettre en aucune servitute se non tant come il hy affiert.
- Translation: For we did not and do not wish the Temple to be placed in any servitude except that which is fitting.
- In one of his memoranda to Pope Clement V from the summer of 1306.
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References and further reading
- Alain Demurger, The Last Templar - The Tragedy of Jacques de Molay, Last Grand Master of the Temple (Translated into English by Antonia Nevill), Profile Books LTD, 2004, ISBN 1-86197-529-5 (First publication in France in 2002 as Jacques de Molay by Éditions Payot & Rivages).
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External links
- The Story of Jacques de Molay
- Templar History's article about Jacques de Molay
- The Catholic Encyclopedia's article about Jacques de Molay
- David M Lownie's Web-Page showing photos of location of GM Jacques de Molay's Burning at the Stake
- More info about Jacques de Molay
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