Molay () is a

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in the

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in eastern

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Notable people

Jacques de Molay Jacques de Molay (; c. 1240–1250 – 11 or 18 March 1314), also spelled "Molai",Demurger, pp. 1-4. "So no conclusive decision can be reached, and we must stay in the realm of approximations, confining ourselves to placing Molay's date of birth ...

, last

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, was born in Molay. JacquesdeMolay

Notable people

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