Why Friday the 13th was bad luck for the Knights Templar and their legacy

The Bloody History of Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th is a day shrouded in superstition and blood, with a history of unfortunate events that feed into ancient fears of bad luck. Credits: Cory Doctorow, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Friday the 13th is a day shrouded in superstition and blood, with a history of unfortunate events that feed into ancient fears of bad luck. The number 13 and the day of Friday are both marred with negativity throughout history. With a bloody origin…

Why Friday the 13th was bad luck for the Knights Templar and their legacy

In Ridley Scott’s 2005 epic Kingdom of Heaven, The Knights Templar are portrayed as violent extremists. The film is about a crusader, Balian of Ibelin, who is fighting to defend the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin. The Knights Templar were formed on Christmas Day 1119, as a revolutionary type of knighthood in which knights lived as monks, taking vows of poverty and piety. Their mission was to prote…