ABSTRACT
The identification of the Templar house with the church in Trani was later accepted by other scholars, although such an attempt appears to be rather far-fetched in the absence of recorded evidence. Where written sources have provided more information, it has been possible to draw more reliable conclusions on the location of Templar settlements. The several domus, churches and Templar chapels scattered in the south of Italy, would seemingly include some ruins related to the house of Caggiano in Campania. The dating provided by the first excavation results and the presence of a Hospitaller domus in Caggiano, attested in the fifteenth century, seem to support the testimony left to by Alessio Lupo. However, the need to verify the written sources imposes some caution in attributing this site to the Templars. Detailed historical studies have shown how the Templars were well rooted in southern Italy, with properties that were often strategically placed along the main communication routes of the time.
