1312
Saint-Maurice Cathedral in Vienne, France, where the church council of 1311-12 met.Image: Arnaud-Victor Monteux · CC BY-SA 3.0culture · Europe
The pope dissolves the Knights Templar
The Knights Templar had grown rich and powerful since the Crusades. From 1307 King Philip IV of France had its members arrested and tortured into confessions. On 22 March 1312, during a church council at Vienne, Pope Clement V issued the bull Vox in excelso, which dissolved the order. The pope did not find the order guilty of heresy. He suppressed it on the grounds that its reputation was beyond repair, under heavy pressure from Philip, who had arrived at Vienne two days earlier. Most of the Templars’ property passed to the rival Knights Hospitaller.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Council of Vienne ↗
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