Geoffroi de Charney (first name sometimes spelled Geoffrey, surname
sometimes spelled de Charnay and de Charny), also known as Guy
d'Auvergne ("The Boy from Auvergne"), (died 11 or 18 March 1314) was
Preceptor of Normandy for the Knights Templar. Charney was accepted
into the Order of Knights Templar at a young age by Amaury de la
Roche, the Preceptor of France. Present at the ceremony was brother
Jean le Franceys, Preceptor of Pédenac. In 1307 de Charny was
arrested, along with the entire Order of Knights Templar in France,
and in 1314 was burned at the stake.The Order of the Templars was
originally created to protect the Pilgrims on the road to Jerusalem.
The Templars' mission was then expanded to fight in the Crusades.The
Order of the Templars was originally created to protect the Pilgrims
on the road to Jerusalem. The Templars' mission was then expanded to
fight in the Crusades.The persecution of the Templars began in France
as a plan by King Philip IV, with the complicity of Pope Clement V. On
October 13, 1307, the King ordered a dramatic arrest of all Templars
in France. The Pope, Clement V, in November 22, 1307, under pressure
from the King, also issued a papal decree, called Pastoralis
praceminentiae, ordering all monarchs of the Christian faith to arrest
all Templars and confiscate their lands in the name of the Pope and
the Church. Though the order went out to England, Iberia, Germany,
Italy and Cyprus, the leader, Templar Grand Master Jacques de Molay,
Geoffrey de Charney and many other Templars were in France, and, under
the orders of the French king, were arrested and severely tortured
until they confessed to the series of horrible crimes of which they
were accused.In 1307, the Pope sent two Cardinals to interview Jacques
de Molay and Hugues de Pairaud, a Templar who is referred to as "the
visitor of France", at which time they recanted their confessions and
told the other Templars to do the same. Two other Templars, Pierre de
Bologna and Renaud de Provins also tried to convince other Templars to
recant their confessions and by early May 1310, close to six hundred
did so. After that Pierre de Bologna was never seen again and Renaud
de Provins was sentenced to life imprisonment. Geoffroi de Charney Top Movies & Young Movies