The Sword of the Templars (35 page)

Roger de Flor, also known as Rutger von Blum, commanded the Templar fleet out of La Rochelle, France, and both his ships,
The Pergrine Falcon
and
The Temple Rose
, existed.

Both the
Ordo Novi Templi
, the Order of the New Templars, and
Sodalitium Pianum
, the Vatican intelligence network, existed exactly as they are described.

And last but definitely not least, an SS officer named Kellerman really did sign off on the destruction by fire of the Naples State Archives being stored at the Villa Montesano near San Paolo Bel Sito, about thirty kilometers from Naples, on September 30, 1943. The ruins of the villa still exist not far from the local monastery. Go and see for yourself if you don’t believe me.

—Paul Christopher

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