The Fourth Crusade saw the most appalling war crime when crusaders funded by Venice destroyed a Christian city – Constantinople. Venice is now an over-visited historical tourist resort in northern Italy subject to flooding and beset of late by the…
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Read MoreThe Catholic church is full of strange saints with very odd stories as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers with a bit of digging around
Read MoreThe top ten martyred saints – many of whom were revered by the Knights Templar
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