Knights Hospitallers

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• Knights Hospitallers —    Also known as the Knights of Rhodes and the Knights of Malta, a religious order originally founded to provide hospitality for pilgrims and crusaders in the Holy Land …   Who’s Who in Christianity

• Knights Hospitaller — Knights of Malta redirects here. For the Rome based successor widely considered a sovereign subject, see Sovereign Military Order of Malta. For other uses, see Knights of Malta (disambiguation). Knights Hospitallers Sovereign Military Hospitaller …   Wikipedia

• Knights of Malta — • The most important of all the military orders, both for the extent of its area and for its duration Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Knights of Malta     Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Hospitallers — ▪ religious order also spelled  Hospitalers , also called  Order of Malta  or  Knights of Malta , formally (since 1961)  Sovereign Military and Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes, and of Malta , previously (1113–1309)… …   Universalium

• Knights Templar — This article is about the medieval order. For the Knights Templar associated with Freemasonry, see Knights Templar (Freemasonry). For other uses, see Knights Templar (disambiguation) and Templar (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Knights of Saint Thomas — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Knights of St Thomas Hospitallers of St Thomas of Canterbury at Acre caption= dates= c. 1191 1538 allegiance=Papacy and England type= Western Christian military order role= size= command structure=… …   Wikipedia

• Knights Templar in England — The history of the Knights Templar in England began when the French nobleman Hughes de Payens, the founder and Grand Master of the order of the Knights Templar, visited the country in 1118 to raise men and money for the Crusades. HistoryKing… …   Wikipedia

• Knights Templar in Scotland — This article is solely about the medieval Order in Scotland. The Modern Order is discussed in Scottish Knights Templar.In 1128 the cousin of St Bernard of Clairvaux, Hugues de Payens, who served on the First Crusade with Henri St Clair, 2nd Baron …   Wikipedia

• Knights Of The Temple —    This order of knights was founded in 1119 AD in the Holy Land.    They were to guard the site of the Temple of Solomon, and to protect pilgrims who were coming to visit this site. Formed by two knights, Hugh de Payns and Godefroi de Saint Omer …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Knights Templar —    This order of knights was founded in 1119 AD in the Holy Land. They were to guard the site of the Temple of Solomon, and to protect pilgrims who were coming to visit this site. Formed by two knights, Hugh de Payns and Godefroi de Saint Omer,… …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology