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"This is proof that the Templars were not heretics," said Prof Frale.

Vatican Paper Set to Clear Knights Templar | Impact Lab 2007

Prof Frale said: I could not believe it when I found it.

Vatican Paper Set to Clear Knights Templar | Impact Lab 2007

Barbara Frale, the 37-year-old Vatican archives official who rediscovered the Chinon parchment after more than 10 years of research in the Vatican Secret Archives, spoke with Discovery News about her find and about the medieval, crusading order.

Tracking Down the Tale of the Knights Templar | Impact Lab 2007

``This is proof that the Templars were not heretics,'' said Frale.

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Frale said: ``I could not believe it when I found it.

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Frale found out that aside from a referral to a minor matter, the note also indicated that three top cardinals, including Pope Clement's right-hand man, Berenger Fredol, had traversed across Europe 'to attend someone's interrogation'.

Vatican Parchment Detailing 14th Century Trial Of Templars Discredits Da Vinci Code 2007

Frale found the document after it had been overlooked by previous historians.

Vatican Parchment Detailing 14th Century Trial Of Templars Discredits Da Vinci Code 2007

``This is proof that the Templars were not heretics,'' said Frale.

Processus contra Templarios to be published by the Vatican this month 2007

It is more likely that the timing of the release simply occurred after Frale and other scholars had concluded their painstaking research.

Vatican Parchment Detailing 14th Century Trial Of Templars Discredits Da Vinci Code 2007

Professor Frale has succeeded, through stubborn attention to damaged and near-indecipherable papers, in completing the portrait of Philip IV's attack on the Templars.

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