However , by the pontificate of Honorius II , they had not yet received any official sanction from the papacy .
Called the Knights Templar , they were to protect Christian pilgrims entering the Holy Land and to defend the conquests of the Crusades .
By the pontificate of Honorius II , pilgrims had not yet received any official sanction from the papacy .
Called the Knights Templar , they were to protect Christian pilgrims entering the Holy Land and to defend the conquests of the Crusades .