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The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (/ ˈ h ɒ s p ɪ t əl ər /), [b] is a Catholic military order.
The Hospitallers in the 13th century. In 1053, for the Battle of Civitate, the Knights of Saint Peter (Milites Sancti Petri) was founded as a militia by Pope Leo IX to counter the Normans.
The history of the Knights Hospitaller in the Levant is concerned with the early years of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitaller, through 1309. The Order was formed in the later part of the eleventh century and played a major role in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, in particular, the Crusades.
The Eastern Mediterranean ca. 1450, with Hospitaller territories in blue. the Hospital of Sampson in Constantinople, which the Hospitallers managed under the Latin Empire's rule until 1261 [2] The Hospitallers also operated hospitals in Negroponte and Corinth [3] Kolossi Castle near Limassol in Cyprus, 1210–1570 with an interruption in 1306 ...
This category includes historical battles in which the Knights Hospitaller (11th century–19th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Subcategories
This category includes historical naval battles in which Knights Hospitaller (11th century–19th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. Pages in category "Naval battles involving the Knights Hospitaller"
The siege of Rhodes was a military engagement involving the Knights Hospitaller and Mamluk Sultanate. The Mamluk fleet landed on the island of Rhodes on 10 August 1444, besieging its citadel. Clashes took place on the western walls of the city and at the Mandraki harbor. On 18 September 1444, the Mamluks departed from the island and lifted the ...
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [a] and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. [4]