The Council of Troyes and the Templar Rule

During the Christian Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula, the Almourol Castle was conquered by Portuguese troops from the Muslims, who called it Almorolan (high stone)”.

On January 13, 1129, the Council of Troyes, presided over by Pope Honorius II, recognized the monastic-military Order with the designation Ordo Pauperum Commilitonum Christi Templique Salominici ("Order of the Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon"). On the same occasion, its Rule was drawn up, consisting of 72 chapters, which contained disciplinary procedures and assumptions.

The Order of the Knights Templar thus became one of the most important military orders of the Middle Ages.