Templar Cape

At the council of Troys in 1128, the Templar Order was confirmed by Pope Honorius II. The Knights received the white vestment as a symbol of purity of their life, to which Pope Eugenius added the Red Cross in 1146. King Baldwin II, the King of Jerusalem, installed the Order in a part of the Palace of Jerusalem believed to be Solomon’s Temple, from which they took the name of Knights of the Temple or Templars.

The order’s battle honours in the defence of the Holy Land are now legendary, while the accounts of their missing accumulated wealth are still a mystery.

Our Templar Knight Cape, made in white cotton construction, has a red velvet cross stitched to the left forearm area. A decorative rondel leather frog with snap closure secures the front, and a hood completes the cape.