On the Extinction of the Order of the Templars

...brought in This sentence continues from the previous page's list of crimes., with two glowing carbuncles A historical term for red gemstones, such as rubies or garnets, believed to shine with their own light. set into its forehead to serve as eyes, and they claim this was worshipped in place of a deity. This is reported by Zwinger in the Theater of Human Life, Volume 5, Book 4, page 1325; Antoninus for the year 1119; Osiander’s Ecclesiastical History, 14th Century, Book 1, Chapter 3; and Nauclerus for the year 1310. The Great Belgian Chronicle asserts on page 269 that they adored the devil under the appearance of a cat. Robert Gaguin (in the work cited), Thomas Walsingham (in the work cited), and Bzovius in his Continuation of Baronius for the year 1308, all state that the vice of sodomy original: "Vitium Sodomiæ"; historical legal and ecclesiastical term for same-sex relations. and mutual intercourse were attributed to them, as if they were the most foul lovers of men. See Robert Gaguin (as cited); the Supplement to the Abbot of Ursperg, page 263; Paulus Aemilius of Verona in On the Deeds of the Kings of the Franks, page 256; Zwinger (as cited); and Bzovius (as cited).

The writers likewise pass down the claim that they had relations with girls and women, and they simultaneously note that if, by chance, an infant was born from a girl, that child was tossed from hand to hand by the Templars The Knights Templar. until it passed from life into death. Once the infant was dead—oh, the wickedness!—they roasted it with fire, and from the fat rendered from it, they anointed their idol for the sake of its "beauty." See Gaguin regarding Philip the Fair King Philip IV of France, the primary driver behind the Templars' arrest. for the year 1307; Puteanus, page 29; and Zwinger, page 1325 and the page cited above.

Furthermore, regarding the magic attributed to them, see Raynaldus in his Annotations for the year 1307, number 12. Concerning their defection to the Turks and Saracens General historical terms for Muslim opponents during the Crusades., see Chasseneuz as cited by Camerarius in Historical Hours, page 340, and Paulus Aemilius of Verona on Philip the Fair, page 256. Regarding the pride which excessive wealth had fathered, and the ingratitude shown to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, see the Antiquities and Annals of Trier by Brower and Masen, Book 17, for the year 1313; English Monasticism, volume 2, page 518; and the Itinerary of Wales by Giraldus, edited by Camden, page 832.

Let it suffice to add one more thing: that when a certain Templar died, his ashes were collected and finally mixed with water to be given as a drink to the surviving brothers, so that they might be even more hardened in their course of impiety. Robert Gaguin, Book 7, page 325, for the year 1307.