HISTORY - #OnThisDay in 1128, Pope Honorius II grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. Led by the
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Pope Honorius III, 1150 - 18 March 1227, born as Cencio Savelli, was the 177th Pope of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his
![Approval of the Order of ST Dominic by Pope Honorius III by Gaspar Requena 1580-1603 Spain Spanish Stock Photo - Alamy Approval of the Order of ST Dominic by Pope Honorius III by Gaspar Requena 1580-1603 Spain Spanish Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E1YK0F/approval-of-the-order-of-st-dominic-by-pope-honorius-iii-by-gaspar-E1YK0F.jpg)
Approval of the Order of ST Dominic by Pope Honorius III by Gaspar Requena 1580-1603 Spain Spanish Stock Photo - Alamy
![Pope Honorius III (d.1227) approving the - Leandro da Ponte Bassano as art print or hand painted oil. Pope Honorius III (d.1227) approving the - Leandro da Ponte Bassano as art print or hand painted oil.](https://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/kunst/leandro_da_ponte_bassano/pope_honorius_iii_d1227_appro_hi.jpg)