*Formost spokesman for Ortodox Christianity and a dominant influence in the Cistercian Monastic
Order.
   *By 1115, money was already flowing back to Europe and into the coffers of the Cistercians, who
under Saint Bernard and from their new position of strength, endorsed and imported credibility to the
fledging order of the Temple. (bk-1,91)
   *Saint Bernard, a major promoter for the Templar image, was working for their establishment as a
Religious / Military Priesthood in the Catholic church.
   *In 1127, all nine Templars returned to Europe to a triumphal welcome orchestrated in large part by
Saint Bernard.
   *In January, 1128, a church council convened at Troyes and the Knights Templar were officially
recognized and incorporated as a “Religious Military Order”. (bk-2,60)

Proceed on to Pope Innocent II