Name
Most of the primary sources for his life are in Latin or medieval French. In French his name usually appears as Hugues de Payens or Payns . His earliest certain appearance in documents is under the part-Latin, part-French name Hugo de Peans (1120-1125; details below). Later Latin sources call him Hugo de Paganis. In English works he often appears as Hugh de Payns, in Italian sometimes as Ugo de' Pagani.
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