On This Day In History: Papal Bull Issued To Arrest All Knights Templar And Seize Their Lands – On 22 Nov, 1307
On November 22, 1307, a Papal Bull, the so-called “Pastoralis Praeeminentiae” was issued by Pope Clement V to all Christian monarchs. Monarchs of Christendom were given orders to arrest the Knights Templar and sequester their lands in the name of the papacy. Clement was forced...