3/19/2024 0 Comments Knights of saint lazarus australia![]() ![]() This establishment was located in the fields pertaining to the Church of Saint Mary around the Mount of Olives. A similar female element was necessary in the hospitali infirmorum sancti Lazari de Jerusalem established with the specific aim of caring for victims of leprosy.Ī leprosarium sited outside the walls of Jerusalem is documented to have been established in the fourth century AD by Aelia Eudoxia. Eventually even the Teutonic Order incorporated a female component in its organization. Services were also required to provide care for female pilgrims and chronic sick women, and both the Hospitaller Order of St John and the Order of the Templar knights had a female element to their organization. ![]() However, these establishments were not a purely male domain. Introduction The hospitaller military orders established after the First Crusade in the Outremer are generally associated with male monk warriors and clerics who managed hospitaller establishments. The twentieth century has seen the Order becoming more open and inclusive with the admission of regular female members within their ranks. The European nunneries of the order of Saint Lazarus persisted until the turmoil brought about by the Reformation of the 16 th century. Despite the military role adopted by this monastic communities, the Order seemingly originally had provision to include female members who eventually adopted a purely contemplative charisma scattered in the Outremer and through Christian Europe. It adopted a military role to combat and protect the Outremer from the Islamic threat. The Head of the House of Savoy remains the Grand Master.The Ordre de Saint Lazare saw their origins in the Outremer as a Chivalric Military and Hospitaller Order in the wake of the First Crusade during the early decades of the twelfth century. The House of Savoy in exile, continues to bestow the Order as a House Order for persons eminent in the public service, science, arts, letters, trade and charitable works. Although the Order was not officially recognized by the Italian State, in 1951 it was being permitted to wear the decoration on civilian and military clothing, although on the ribbons the crowns were to be replaced by five pointed stars. With the dissapearance of the Kingdom in 1946 and the establishment of the Republic, the Order was in line of importance, replaced by the "Ordine al merito della Repubblica Italiana". ![]() With the unification of Italy between 1860 - 1871 as a Kingdom under the House of Savoy, the Order became an Italian State Order for civilian and military merit in five classes, Knight Grand Cross, Knight Grand Officer, Knight Commander, Knight Officer and Knight. Again the Duke of Savoy was made its Grand Master. The Order was in charge of the defense of the Holy Seel at Sea and to continue to assist the lepers. In 1572, Pope Gregory XIII, merged both the "Ordo Militaris et Hospitalis Sancti Lazari Hierosolymitani" and the "Ordine Cavalleresco e Religioso di san Maurizio" into a new Order, the "Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro". The oder declined, but was re-established by Pope Pius V in 1572 and the Duke of Savoy was appointed its Grand Master. The "Ordine Cavalleresco e Religioso di san Maurizio" was established in 1434 by the Duke of Savoy, Amadeus VIII. In the following centuries the Order declined until in 1572, with help of the Pope, the Duke of Savoy became its Grand Master. When Acre fell in 1291, the Knights of Saint Lazarus fled from the Middle East to France and finally settled in Naples in 1311. ![]() Many of the members were lepers who previous had been knights in other orders. It was an Order that was related to the relief of leprosy. The "Ordo Militaris et Hospitalis Sancti Lazari Hierosolymitani" was a religious and military Order of Knights during the time of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and must have exsisted sometimes around the year 1099. ![]()
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