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III Jornadas Templárias para o Conhecimento Ecuménico em Lagos March 5, 2020
Decorreram em Lagos no dia 29 de Fevereiro as III Jornadas Templárias, que se vão já impondo como um momento alto no calendário de inciativas da OSMTHU em Portugal. Organizadas pela Comenda de Laccobriga do Grão Priorado de Portugal, com o apoio da Câmara Municipal de Lagos e da Associação Grupo Coral da mesma cidade, […]
Luis Matos
Disaster Relief in Bolivia – Templar Help March 3, 2020
On 14 February 2020, the Bolivia Government Information Agency declared a disaster zone for Luribay Municipality, La Paz Department, due to heavy rain and river flooding that has affected 500 families, 30 households, and 1,050 hectares of agricultural land. In addition, media reported this rainy season overall has affected eight of nine regions of the […]
Luis Matos
The delights of the Duero River Valley February 19, 2020
There is a part of Spain, within a day’s drive of the Algarve, that you may have never heard of, let alone visited. If I’m right, you have been missing something interesting. I’m talking about the Duero River valley. If you have driven north through Spain, heading for France or Britain, you have almost certainly […]
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I International Conference of the Temple, Spiritual Chivalry and Templarism in Almourol available in video (full lenght, all conferences and visits, 9h30m) January 21, 2020
The Municipality of Vila Nova da Barquinha just released the full 9h30m of video that documents the full I International Conference of the Temple, Spiritual Chivalry and Templarism that took place in Almourol, Portugal in October, where the milestone Protocol of Almourol was signed. The I Conference was the first International Event organized by the […]
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Yes, the light remains in the East January 5, 2020
Nicholas Haimovici-Hastier, Regent of the OSMTJ and Antonio Paris, Master of the OSMTHU Following a few requests for information and clarification, after the new year started with one more of the many ill advised and irregular “coups d’etat” that recurrently affect fraternal groups, this one resembling the Wild West of fearless cowboys and bandits, we […] […]
Luis Matos
Saint Thomas Becket December 28, 2019
Thomas Becket , Saint, martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at London, December 21, 1118 (?); d. at Canterbury, December 29, 1170. St. Thomas was born of parents who, coming from Normandy, had settled in England some years previously. No reliance can be placed upon the legend that his mother was a Saracen. In after life his […]
Luis Matos
Una productora alemana graba en València del 24 al 26 de octubre un documental sobre el Santo Grial October 25, 2019
El director de documentales Alexander Landsberger vendrá a Valencia los días 24, 25 y 26 de octubre para rodar un documental sobre el Santo Grial que se prevé emitir en la televisión pública alemana. El documental incluirá en el relato la nueva aportación realizada por la doctora en Historia del Arte por la Universitat de […]
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VN Barquinha celebrates protocol with Templar order that will make CITA the “world’s most important repository on the Order of the Temple” October 15, 2019
The Vila Nova da Barquinha Municipality has entered into a protocol with two branches of the Templar Order – the Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolimitani Universalis (OSMTHU) and the Ordre Sovereign et Militaiire du Temple de Jerusalem (OSMTJ) – to declare the municipality and the Interpretation Center Almourol Templar (CITA) as an International Place […]
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VN Barquinha celebra protocolo com ordens templárias que vai tornar CITA no “mais importante repositório mundial sobre a Ordem do Templo” October 15, 2019
O Município de Vila Nova da Barquinha celebrou um protocolo com duas ordens templárias – a Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolimitani Universalis (OSMTHU) e a Ordre Sovereign et Militaiire du Temple de Jerusalem (OSMTJ) – a fim de declarar o município e o Centro de Interpretação Templário de Almourol (CITA) como Lugar Internacional de Interesse […] […]
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Congratulations to the new Cardinals October 6, 2019
From Master Antonio Paris, OSMTHU comments on a full day of engagements: “Concistoro per la Creazione di Nuovi Cardinali. Basilica Papale di San Pietro. Con il Cardinale Pietro Parolin Segretario di Stato Vaticano.” Congratulations also to Mons. Tolentino de Mendonça, new Portuguese Cardinal, currently heading the Vatican Library and the Vatican Secret Archi […]
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El lazo púrpura de Jerusalén (Jesús Maeso de la Torre -2011) September 25, 2018
En la época de las Cruzadas, cuando la confrontación entre el cristianismo y el Islam adquiere su mayor virulencia, nace en España una hermandad de caballeros para combatir en Tierra Santa al lado de los templarios y hospitalarios: la orden de Monte Gaudio. Esta es su fascinante, ignorada y dramática historia. El robo de unos […]
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El Caballero del Alba (Sebastián Roa – 2008) September 20, 2018
Año de Nuestro Señor de 1217. En la oscuridad de una lóbrega mazmorra de la Valencia almohade, un joven aragonés desgrana la crónica de su aventura, rememorando los cinco años de que ha dispuesto para conquistar su meta. Nacido y educado en una sociedad militarizada, heredero de la tradición guerrera aragonesa, Diego de Marcilla halla […]
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Las nueve llaves del anticuario (Martin Rua-2016) July 16, 2017
En 1118, en Jerusalén, un pequeño grupo de nueve monjes de la recién creada Orden de los Pobres Caballeros de Cristo y del Templo de Salomón, conocidos más adelante como “templarios”, al frente del cual está el fundador, Hugo de Payens, hacen un descubrimiento inquietante en el interior del monte del Templo: nueve sarcófagos y […]
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Jacques de Molay El Ultimo Gran Maestre templario (2006-Marcelo Do Santos) February 5, 2017
A principios del siglo XIV la sociedad europea vio el avance imparable de los diferentes grupos de monjes Guerreros y su gran influencia socio-económica, cultural y militar. Los principales de estos miles de militares monásticos, eran los Caballeros Templarios. Desde la más estricta observancia religiosa, la obediencia ciega a los reyes y el papado, el coraj […]
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Batalla de las Navas de Tolosa: Preparación August 1, 2016
Cristiana En la primavera de 1212, todos los caminos de la península cristiana, llevaban a Toledo, lugar de partida para la cruzada contra los almohades. Caminos no solo llenos de Nobles a caballo, seguidos de sus mesnadas, sino de pobres que mendigaban por el camino y de personas no útiles para guerrear, como mujeres, jóvenes […]
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25hours Hotel, The Royal Bavarian, Munich, Germany (Road Trip 75) July 11, 2019
The last hotel on our road trip through some of Europe last year 2018, was quite unusual. It had to be near the Oktoberfest in Munich, well within walking distance, so that narrowed down the choice somewhat, but husband found 25hours Hotel, The Royal Bavarian. I think this must be one of the oddest hotels I have stayed in. I wasn’t that impressed from […] […]
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My Otter Photos July 4, 2019
On all our visits to Scotland over the years, the one animal that I have aways wanted to see, was a wild otter. The numbers of times we heard ‘oh you just missed one’ not something you really want to hear when you so want to see one. Last year 2018 we went to the Isle of […]
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Turning Over the Last Leaf… August 29, 2014
We’ve been blogging at MedievalFragments for nearly two-and-a-half years, but like all good things, it has to come to an end sometime! The project, Turning Over a New Leaf, is coming, in part, to a conclusion, with two of its … Continue reading →
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The Last Page of the Medieval Book August 22, 2014
By Erik Kwakkel (@erik_kwakkel) I love the last page of the medieval book. Not because it means that my research of a particular manuscript is almost completed, but because the last page often provides information pertaining to the origins of the object – information not … Continue reading →
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