“has made a sewer of my sepulcher”, (Divine Comedy, Paradise, c. XXVII, vv.22-7. Cited in Clement V., by Sophia Menache, pg. 20). Incidentally, Dante placed Pope Boniface VIII in the Eighth ring of Hell, as well. 3 Of note is the fact that, according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Nogaret attained the title (and pension) of Keeper of the Seal on September 22, 1307, the same day the Royal Council (of which Nogaret was a member) issued the warrant authorizing the arrest of the Templars (to be effected October 13th). See the “Nogaret” entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia at: http://www.newadvent.org/ cathen/11089a.htm 4 Philip the Fair died on November 29, 1307, and Clement V on April 20. The Trial of the Templars, by Malcolm Barber, Cambridge University Press. 1978. Third printing, 2010. pg. 282. 5 See Born in Blood, John J. Robinson, 1989, for a cogent example of this theory in originating the Craft.
Photo of the Commanderie of Sainte Eulalie in France taken by the Editor.
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