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Knights Hospitaller

Also Known As Order of St. John · Order of Malta
Chivalric and Religious Orders

The Knights Hospitaller, or Order of St. John, was formally established when Pope Paschal II issued the bull Pie postulatio voluntatis on 15 February 1113, recognizing a religious community already caring for sick and poor pilgrims in Jerusalem. The order militarized over the twelfth century to help defend the Crusader states, relocating its base after the fall of the Crusader states first to Rhodes and later to Malta, from which its principal successor, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, is still known. Unlike the Knights Templar, the order was never formally dissolved, and five organizations today continue its traditions and mutually recognize one another, chief among them the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, headquartered in Rome.

Facts
Organization Type
Catholic military and hospitaller religious order, continuing today as a sovereign order 1
Founded
1113 1
Headquarters
Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem (founding); Rome, Italy (present day, as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta) 1
Industry
Catholic military order; hospitaller care of pilgrims and the sick 2
Organization Type
Organization Type (category)
Military / Religious Order 1
Organization Type (category)
Catholic Religious Order 1
Connections

Associated With

First Crusade, Events
Kingdom of Jerusalem, Polities
Malta, Polities
The Crusades, Events
The Ottoman Empire, Polities

In Era

The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, Eras
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Additional Source Wikipedia: Knights HospitallerKnights Hospitaller, era placement

Related To

Knights Templar, Organizations
Source Wikipedia
Additional Source Wikipedia: Knights TemplarKnights Templar, relation to the Hospitallers
Knights Templar, Organizations
Teutonic Order, Organizations
Source Wikipedia: Teutonic Order
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Jerusalem

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Rome

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Sources
1. Wikipedia
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2. Wikipedia: Knights Hospitaller
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  • lead section
    The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), is a Catholic military order.
  • In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, Knights Hospitaller, era placement
    The monastic Hospitaller Order was formally created when the Pope issued the papal bull Pie postulatio voluntatis on 15 February 1113.
  • In Group: Chivalric Orders Founded in the Twelfth Century, Article text
    After the Christian conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade, the Hospitallers rose in prominence and were recognized as a distinct order by Pope Paschal II in 1113.
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Wikipedia: Teutonic Order
WikipediaRelated To: Teutonic Order, History section
Quote, Related To: Teutonic Order, History section
In 1143, Pope Celestine II ordered the Knights Hospitaller to take over management of a German hospital in Jerusalem, which, according to the chronicler Jean d'Ypres, accommodated the countless German pilgrims and crusaders who could neither speak the local language nor Latin (patriæ linguam ignorantibus atque Latinam).
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Wikipedia: Knights Templar
WikipediaRelated To: Knights Templar, Knights Templar, relation to the Hospitallers
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a monastic Catholic religious order for the protection of these pilgrims.
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