Jacques de Molay
Where each worldview places it
The last Templar Grand Master, arrested in 1307, recanted, and burned in 1314. Cooper says he is the real "Hiram Abif" of the Masonic legend[1].
- Aliases
- Jacques DemolayJacques de MalayDe Melais
- Controls / directs
- leads the Knights Templar[2]
- Answers to / controlled by
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- Lineage
- commemorated in the Hiram Abiff legend and the Order of DeMolay[3]
- Dates
- arrested 1307
- burned 1313 or 1314[4]
- Places
- CyprusLimassolPoitiersParis
- Key events
- 1307-04: defends the order before Clement at Poitiers
- 1314: burned with Guy of Auvergne and curses Pope and King, "both the Pope and the King of France were dead" soon after[5]
- Members / notable people
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- Author's claims
- He "suffered martyrdom" on charges including worshipping Baphomet[6].