''Ad providam'' was the name of a Papal Bull issued by

Pope Clement V Pope Clement V ( la, Clemens Quintus; c. 1264 – 20 April 1314), born Raymond Bertrand de Got (also occasionally spelled ''de Guoth'' and ''de Goth''), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 5 June 1305 to his de ...

in 1312. It built on a previous bull, ''

Vox in excelso ''Vox in excelso'' is the name of a bull issued by Pope Clement V in 1312. The directives given within the bull were to formally dissolve the Order of the Knights Templar, effectively removing papal support for them and revoking the mandates give ...

'', which had disbanded the order of the

Knights Templar , colors = White mantle with a red cross , colors_label = Attire , march = , mascot = Two knights riding a single horse , equipment ...

. ''Ad providam'' essentially handed over all Templar assets to the

Hospitallers The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headqu ...

(modern-day

Sovereign Military Order of Malta The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...

), with the exception of some resources which were left to provide pensions to some Templars who had escaped execution and converted to a monastic life.Malcolm Barber, ''The Trial of the Templars''. Cambridge University Press, 1978.

References

1312 works 14th-century papal bulls Documents of Pope Clement V Knights Templar Latin texts {{RC-document-stub

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