Templari Cattolici d'Italia
The Templari Cattolici d'Italia is the Knights Templar order reconstituted in Italy after the Templars were abolished on 22 March 1312 by the papal bull, "Vox in excelso", issued by Pope Clement V. History. Currently the order is not recognized by the Holy See as the Knights of Malta, but negotiations are under way. The order is recognized by eight Italian dioceses (including Verona, Naples and Ascoli) to keep open shrines, preserve places of worship and help priests. They are present in 150 locations in Italy and have 1200 members. It is not a secret or masonic  association. Grades and badges. Insignia. The white representing the Spirit and is obviously above the black which represents matter, as well highlighted by the Templar frescoes of the counterface of St. Bevignate in Perugia in which the Knight Templar carries shield and bipartite beauceant in which the white is at the top and the black on the bottom. The discovery of the tomb of the Grand Master of the Knights Templar Arnold of Torroja. In 2018 a sarcophagus was discovered in the cloister of the church of San Fermo Maggiore, Verona, containing the remains of the Grand Master of the  Knights Templar, Arnold of Torroja. Locations. The association is actively involved in the recovery, reopening and presiding of places of worship that have suffered over time abandonment, closure, deterioration or even worse desecration end 200 and more places are kept by the Templars.