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Edward Dyas is an English author who has spent years looking for connections between a church and the illustrious order of medieval warrior-monks, The Knights Templar. Dyas is back in the news this week with more alleged Templar discoveries. But how does the evidence add up? Has he indeed found a hitherto unknown Templar Church in the middle of Dudley? The Knights Templar, shrouded in historical intrigue, formed in 1119 AD and were disbanded in 1307 AD. The Templars vowed to protect the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem and to provide safety to pilgrims en route to the Holy Land. Over the last 30 years many questionable books have presented the Knights Templar as guardians of lost esoteric knowledge and/or divine