One of many Christian saints reputedly martyred by the emperor Diocletian – Saint Lucy is the patron saint of the blind. Appropriately, as she either had her eyes gouged out by a Roman soldier or tore out her own eyes…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ancient, diocletian, eyes, gouged, history, Lucia, martyr, People, port st. lucie florida, roman, rome, Saint Lucy
Igreja de São Francisco – or the church of Saint Francis in English – is a fascinating place. In the first quarter of the 13th century, Franciscans started to build a church and cloister. Over the next two hundred years,…
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Category: Templar News
Tags: convert, franciscan, friar, history, Islam, martyr, Morocco, muslim, porto, revert, Sao Francisco, saracen
These days, it’s commonly assumed that martyrdom for religious reasons is a feature of the radical end of Islam but it was once very much part of Christianity. I found one example in a Portuguese church of Franciscan friars who…
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Tags: assisi, crusade, egypt, francis, franciscan, friar, knight, louis, marrakesh, martyr, Morocco, muslim, porto, saint, sultan, Templar, Thomas
The Catholic church is full of strange saints with very odd stories as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers with a bit of digging around
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Category: Templar History
Tags: allah, archaeology, assisi, behead, catholic, diocletian, eyes, faith, francis, head, history, Islam, johannite, John, Lucy, martyr, religion, saint denis, saints, Strange, Templar
The top ten martyred saints – many of whom were revered by the Knights Templar
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