Mysterious Brotherhood Won Praise From Welsh Poets and Their Caring Legacy Survives Today

Western MailMarch 24, 2011

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YSTERY", "secret", "hidden" - these are the words widely used in the media and popular writing to describe the Knights Templar.

But the Knights Hospitaller are even more mysterious and hidden.

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Mysterious Brotherhood Won Praise From Welsh Poets and Their Caring Legacy Survives Today

Modern writers hardly ever mention them, except to say vaguely that they were something like the Templars.

As for saying that these mysterious and secret institutions were active in Wales - well, so much rubbish has been written about these ancient groups that none of it can be true. Can it? And would we want to believe that such dubious organisations were ever working in this country? Were they heroes or villains? Myths and history There are many places in Wales with the word "Temple" somewhere in the name, so naturally some people claim that all these places once belonged to the Templars.

The Hospitallers owned some hospices in Britain - places where poor travellers could stay and sick people were cared for - and, as there are many places in W...

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