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No, the Knights Templar were not Satanists.

They were accused of heresy, idol worship (including of a figure called Baphomet), and devil worship during their suppression in the early 14th century, primarily under King Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V. However, these confessions were extracted under extreme torture, and most historians dismiss them as fabricated or coerced.

The term "Baphomet" likely originated as a corruption of "Mahomet" (an old French term for the Prophet Muhammad), possibly referring to accusations that the Templars adopted Islamic practices during their time in the Middle East. The now-iconic goat-headed image of Baphomet was invented in the 19th century by occultist Éliphas Lévi and has no historical connection to the medieval Templars.

Modern scholarship views the Satanic accusations as political propaganda to dismantle the powerful Templar Order, not evidence of actual devil worship.

Knights Templar

medieval Christian military order, 1118–1312