Evidence in Italy Connects Freemasons & Knights Templar | The Curse of Oak Island

Bonjour!
Look at Prospero, a Templar investigator,
who’s going to show us a few things around Viterbo today.
Rick Lagina and the team have traveled
some 65 miles northwest of Rome
to the city of Viterbo, Italy.

Viterbo was an important crossroad
and, for 24 years,
the center of Christianity and the known world.
They’ve arranged to meet with John Luca Di Prospero,
an author who has spent over two decades
researching the medieval activities
of the Knights Templar in this region.
What is the Templar connection with this area?

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Actually, he found some interesting symbols
in a church close by, called Santa Maria Nuova.
There might be some Templar connection—
let’s take a look.

Founded in the 8th century,
Viterbo became the temporary headquarters
for Pope Alexander IV and the Catholic Church
during a time of civil unrest in Rome.
During that period, the city also served
as a stronghold for the Templar order.

This is Santa Maria Nova, a church built in 1080.
As you can see, it’s full of paintings, carvings,
and symbolism. It’s hard to believe this was built in 1080.
Unbelievable! I think there’s a lot to learn here,
so let’s start an initial investigation
and see what we come up with.

Okay, do you see anything at all?
It’s like everyone else down—yeah, great idea!

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The church is an incredible edifice; it’s beautiful.
Churches, even though public, held secrets of their own,
and we need to learn as much as we can.

Hey, guys, come take a look at this!
What’d you find, Pete?
I think something pretty interesting—
it’s unmistakable, the cross of the four dots,
the same as the ho Stone.

He says that these four-dot crosses
are marking special places the Templars used to be in
and/or around illustrations.
This is also present in places connected
with the Holy Grail or the Holy Shroud.

If this four-dot cross is only found
in Templar-associated locations
or with Templar-associated articles
they may have been safeguarding,
it speaks volumes.

In the 1920s,
a massive boulder featuring
enigmatic carvings was discovered
by treasure hunters on the northern shore of Oak Island.
Suspecting it marked the location of buried treasure,
they destroyed it with dynamite to dig beneath it.
Nothing was found below the massive boulder.

However, is it possible that a fragment
known as the ho Stone,
which featured a cross surrounded by four dots,
represented a key clue that sacred Templar treasures
are hidden on Oak Island?

If so, could that explain the high trace evidence
of gold and other metals detected deep
in the Money Pit area?

Every place we visit speaks to me
that there’s an ongoing story here,
an ongoing message—you need to look backwards in time,
and that’s what we’ve done today.
I think we need to continue to do that.

Yeah, let’s go!
We have seen that cross everywhere,
from Portugal to the Nieto Stone,
and we know for a fact that Templars
used that representation.
But it certainly is a direct connection to Oak Island.

Eric, Eric!
Right there—HIC, which in Latin means “here.”
I think there’s an “A”—even on the far side,
there’s an “A” here, yeah.

In his opinion, this refers to a compass,
and if you take a look closely,
there’s also a square,
so it could be Masonic symbolism,
which is weird in a church like this—so old,
yeah, and so important.

Here in Viterbo,
a possible Masonic compass
carved in the wall of a medieval church
with known connections to the Knights Templar.
Many believe that the secretive fraternity
known as the Freemasons
evolved from the Templar order
after they were disillusioned by the Catholic Church
in the 14th century.

Seriously, ever since the Money Pit was discovered in 1795,
Freemasons have been involved in nearly
every organized company of treasure hunters
that has tried to solve the mystery.

Masonic symbols, such as triangles, crosses,
and the letter “G” representing the Divine Creator,
have also been found all across the island.

Is it possible that Alex Lagina
has just found more evidence
that these organizations are directly connected?
And if so, does that also explain
what Freemasons have been trying to find
on Oak Island for more than two centuries?

I just keep thinking about the ho Stone,
and let me show you this.
So, in the church, we saw this, right?
What does that mean here?
If you do this, you get the ho Stone,
and this symbol we’ve learned today
means Templar-related relic.
And what have we found?
The symbol at the end means,
some have interpreted to be gold—yep!

You put it all together,
and there’s the possibility that the ho Stone
represents here Templar gold.

We know that in medieval times,
they really liked their ciphers,
they really liked their hidden meanings,
so maybe, maybe…
Yeah, you may have just filled in the blank,
or a blank, or blanks.

I think it was incredibly insightful of Alex;
I think he and Peter work very well together.
I’m very proud of them as my nephews.
Hopefully, this means something.
If he’s on to something, that is fantastic!

We all believe the ho Stone is important.
The circle and the dot could be
the symbol for gold.
Is it possible that it hints at or suggests
that there’s a religious relic
associated with the treasure of Oak Island?

Well, at this point,
there are some strong suggestions
that that is indeed the case.
What we did is we took the Eisenbruce approach
to the information hunt,
which is absolutely imperative,
and that’s my thought as we head back to the island.

Appreciate that! Thank you so much.
We owe you a debt of gratitude.