After the crusaders had captured Jerusalem in July 1099, western Christians flocked in the Holy Land for pilgrimage and their safety was certainly endangered.
To protect them, nine French knights, led by Hugues de Paynes, created in 1118 a religious militia which was to become later the Order of the Temple.
The members of the Order are monks and soldiers and obeyed rules elaborated by a council gathered at Troyes Cathedral in France in January 1128.
The Templars lived here until their arrest by Philip IV, King of France, who accused them of heresy, on Friday 13 October 1307.
On his deathbed, Geoffrey became a monk at Tiron Sainte-Trinité (see Tironensian Order), making peace with the abbey and therefore the bishop.