''Ad providam'' was the name of a

Papal Bull A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by the pope of the Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden Seal (emblem), seal (''bulla (seal), bulla'') traditionally appended to authenticate it. History Papal ...

issued by

Pope Clement V Pope Clement V (; – 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 death, in April 1314. He is reme ...

in 1312. It built on a previous bull, '' Vox in excelso'', which had disbanded the order of the

Knights Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military ord ...

. ''Ad providam'' essentially handed over all Templar assets to the Hospitallers (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, and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious ...

), 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.

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

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