Templar tunic

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Templar tunic decorated with a cross pattee called the Temple

This type of tunic or coat of arms was brought from the first crusade in order to prevent the chain mail too hot in the sun

In the context of holy war launched by Pope Urban II in 1095, the knight Hugues de Payens of Champagne Count organized in 1118, the militia of the Poor Knights of Christ to serve the canons of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

January 13, 1129, at the opening of the Council of Troyes by Pope Honorius II becomes the militia and military order of monks who took the name of Order of the Temple which Hugues de Payens was the first master. The rule of the religious and military order is written by St. Bernard and approved by the council. Throughout the XIIth and XIIIth century this order strove to support and the protection of pilgrims to Jerusalem

Composition: 100.% Cotton - Machine washable-Available in several sizes

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