A Knight to remember The Knights Templar may sound like something confined to history lessons and the pages of popular fiction, but they're still with us today. David Clensy meets a knight of the ancient order in the city of Bristol

From: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK) | Date: October 2, 2007 | Copyright information

The Knights Templar may sound like something confined to history lessons and the pages of popular fiction, but they're still with us today. David Clensy meets a knight of the ancient order in the city of Bristol

If you thought the Knights Templar existed only in historical novels these days, think again.

It's true, you don't see many of them around in full regalia, and to look at Rudy Staffieri you'd never guess he's living proof that the organisation still survives

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