Hugues de Payens

Hugues de Payens.

Hugues de Payens (c. 1070 – 1136) was a French knight and, at some time in his life, Grand Master of the Templar Order. He was the first officially recognized Grand Master, making the Templar Order a public knightly order under the name Knights Templar. With Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, he wrote the Latin Rule, the Creed of the Templars.

Trivia

• The Latin Rule was a document with 72 clauses.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed Encyclopedia