In Popular Culture
It has recently been claimed that the wife of Hugues de Payens was Catherine St. Clair within the context of the alternative histories of Rosslyn.
Hugues is the main protagonist of the Jack Whyte novel Knights of the Black and White.
In the video game Deus Ex the protagonist visits a Cathedral de Payens, named most likely after Hugues de Payens. In game the cathedral hosts the entire gold reserve of the former templars.
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