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Notitiae Templariae.
Another province of the Templars included Apulia and Sicily ; Messina , in the latter , was the original chief seat of the Prior , but after the violent seizure of many of the Orders' estates in Sicily by the Emperor Frederick the Second , the head quarters of the Chapter seem to have been transferred to Beneventi , in the kingdom of Naples . The principal possessions of the Order in Sicily were at Lantini , Syracuse , Palermo , Butera , and Trapani . The name of Albert de Canellis appears as Grand
Prior of these parts at the period of the abolition . PORTUGAL . The Knights of the Temple were established in Portugal about the year U 30 , at which time their Prior , Galdin Paez , founded the castles of Tomar and Monsanto . They also acquired under him the fortress of Pombal . Sancho the First gave them the tower and castle of Idanna in
11 S 5 . At Castromarino , Almural , and Langrovia , the Order had possessions . These were all retained by the Knights at the period of the proscription , when the Order assumed the new name of that of Christ . Pasco Fernandez , the Grand Prior of the Temple , continued as chief of the Order of Christ , and the Priors of the different places of the Temple in like manner remained at their posts . The cross was not altered , nor the costume ; and the statutes were generally retained . The Order of Christ remains to this day . PILGBIM .
The Temple Church.
THE TEMPLE CHURCH .
WE have been informed that " the Christian Church now erecting at Jerusalem , " for ivhieh the fittings of the Temple Church , London , are stated to have been bought at the price of 1200 guineas ( see last Vol . of this Review , p . 326 ) , is a missionary establishment , in connexion with the Church of JEngland , and which the Pasha some time ago granted leave to erect . We cannot see , we confess , why the old walls of the Temple Church should be stripped of their ornaments to furnish
proper out this chapel at Jerusalem , the very existence of which depends upon the most capricious tenure . If the beauty of the carved pulpit , the organ screen , & c . be so much admired , why cannot models be made of them ? Verily the authorities of the Temple mi ght be more awake . We are not , indeed , aware of the exact age of these interior fittings , but the date of the eastern part , or body of the church which contains them , is about the year 1240 . The rotunda or western tower is of an earlier
date , having been consecrated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1185 . It is in this elegant circular aisle that the monumental effigies of the Knights are placed , about which antiquaries have been so much puzzled . The only one that seems at all identified , is the effigy of Robert De Ros , who died in 1226 , and was buried in his proper habit of a Knight Templar . It is the central figure of one of the groupes . Gough in his Sepulchral Monuments calls this " the most elegant of all the fi in
gures the Temple Church , representing a comely young Knight in mail , with a flowing mantle and a kind of cowl : his hair neatly curled at the sides ; his crown appears shaven . His hands are elevated in a praying posture , and on his left arm is a short pointed shield , charged with three waterbougets ; at his feet is a lion . " Robert de Ros bestowed part of his large property upon the Templars . The name of this Knight and Baron
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notitiae Templariae.
Another province of the Templars included Apulia and Sicily ; Messina , in the latter , was the original chief seat of the Prior , but after the violent seizure of many of the Orders' estates in Sicily by the Emperor Frederick the Second , the head quarters of the Chapter seem to have been transferred to Beneventi , in the kingdom of Naples . The principal possessions of the Order in Sicily were at Lantini , Syracuse , Palermo , Butera , and Trapani . The name of Albert de Canellis appears as Grand
Prior of these parts at the period of the abolition . PORTUGAL . The Knights of the Temple were established in Portugal about the year U 30 , at which time their Prior , Galdin Paez , founded the castles of Tomar and Monsanto . They also acquired under him the fortress of Pombal . Sancho the First gave them the tower and castle of Idanna in
11 S 5 . At Castromarino , Almural , and Langrovia , the Order had possessions . These were all retained by the Knights at the period of the proscription , when the Order assumed the new name of that of Christ . Pasco Fernandez , the Grand Prior of the Temple , continued as chief of the Order of Christ , and the Priors of the different places of the Temple in like manner remained at their posts . The cross was not altered , nor the costume ; and the statutes were generally retained . The Order of Christ remains to this day . PILGBIM .
The Temple Church.
THE TEMPLE CHURCH .
WE have been informed that " the Christian Church now erecting at Jerusalem , " for ivhieh the fittings of the Temple Church , London , are stated to have been bought at the price of 1200 guineas ( see last Vol . of this Review , p . 326 ) , is a missionary establishment , in connexion with the Church of JEngland , and which the Pasha some time ago granted leave to erect . We cannot see , we confess , why the old walls of the Temple Church should be stripped of their ornaments to furnish
proper out this chapel at Jerusalem , the very existence of which depends upon the most capricious tenure . If the beauty of the carved pulpit , the organ screen , & c . be so much admired , why cannot models be made of them ? Verily the authorities of the Temple mi ght be more awake . We are not , indeed , aware of the exact age of these interior fittings , but the date of the eastern part , or body of the church which contains them , is about the year 1240 . The rotunda or western tower is of an earlier
date , having been consecrated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1185 . It is in this elegant circular aisle that the monumental effigies of the Knights are placed , about which antiquaries have been so much puzzled . The only one that seems at all identified , is the effigy of Robert De Ros , who died in 1226 , and was buried in his proper habit of a Knight Templar . It is the central figure of one of the groupes . Gough in his Sepulchral Monuments calls this " the most elegant of all the fi in
gures the Temple Church , representing a comely young Knight in mail , with a flowing mantle and a kind of cowl : his hair neatly curled at the sides ; his crown appears shaven . His hands are elevated in a praying posture , and on his left arm is a short pointed shield , charged with three waterbougets ; at his feet is a lion . " Robert de Ros bestowed part of his large property upon the Templars . The name of this Knight and Baron