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the total destruction of the Knights Templar in 1307.
This date is wrong. Philip ordered the mass arrest of the Templars in 1307, but the order was not formally suppressed until 1312, and its last leaders were executed in 1314.
Full reasoning
The phrase says the Knights Templar were totally destroyed in 1307, but the documentary record shows a longer process.
- On 13 October 1307, Philip IV ordered the arrest of the Templars in France; this was the start of the crackdown, not the end of the order.
- The order of the Temple was formally suppressed on 22 March 1312 by Pope Clement V's bull Vox in excelso.
- The last Grand Master, Jacques de Molay, and Geoffroy de Charney were burned in 1314.
So 1307 is the year of the arrests, not the year of the order's "total destruction."
2 sources
- Les Templiers | Archives nationales
Chronologie sommaire ... 1307, 13 octobre : arrestation des templiers ... 1312, 22 mars : bulle Vox in excelso par laquelle le pape Clément V supprime l'ordre du Temple ... 1314, 11 ou 18 mars : bûcher de Jacques de Molay et de Geoffroy de Charnay.
- Council of Vienne 1311-1312 A
In the second session of the council, which took place on 3 April 1312, this bull was approved ... the bull by which the order of Templars was suppressed (the bull Vox in excelso).