The Knights Hospitallers of the Sovereign Order of Saint John, Knights of Malta. Sovereign Order of Malta - Official site. Official visit of the President of Liberia to the Sovereign Order of Malta Rome, 05/04/2014 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf received this morning by Grand Master Fra’ Matthew Festing The President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was received this morning by the Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing at the Magistral Palace. In her speech, the Liberian President, winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2001, thanked the Sovereign Order of Malta for its much valued medical and social care support for her west African country.
Rwandan genocide 20th anniversary; the Order of Malta: our duty to remember victims and survivors Rome, 03/04/2014 In April 1994, members of the Hutu majority in Rwanda organised and implemented the mass slaughter of the Tutsi minority. The Grand Master visits the First-aid post in St. Rome, 27/03/2014 The Grand Master of the Sovereign Order of Malta, Fra’ Matthew Festing, visited the first-aid post in St.
Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta (Italian: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta), also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order of, traditionally, a military, chivalrous and noble nature.[5] It is the world's oldest surviving order of chivalry.[6] The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is headquartered in Rome, and is widely considered a sovereign subject of international law.[7] SMOM is the modern continuation of the original medieval order of Saint John of Jerusalem,[8] known as the "Fraternitas Hospitalaria" and later as the Knights Hospitaller, a group founded in Jerusalem about 1050 as an Amalfitan hospital to provide care for poor and sick pilgrims to the Holy Land.
After the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade, it became a military order under its own charter. St. Gżira, Malta. Screen reader users: click here for plain HTML +You Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Documents Calendar More Translate Books Blogger Reader Finance Photos Videos Even more Account Options Sign in Get directions My places Satellite Traffic Weather Terrain English Exit Map data ©2012 Google - 500 km 200 mi Canada Not your current location? Google Maps offered in: français Put your business on Google Maps Maps Labs - Help Google Maps - ©2012 Google - Terms of Use - Privacy To see all the details that are visible on the screen, use the Print link next to the map. Knights Hospitaller.
The Knights Hospitaller, also known as the Hospitallers, Order of Hospitallers, Knights of Saint John and Order of Saint John, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders during the Middle Ages. The Hospitallers probably arose as a group of individuals associated with an Amalfitan hospital in the Muristan district of Jerusalem, which was dedicated to St John the Baptist and founded around 1023 by Blessed Gerard Thom to provide care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land.
(Some scholars, however, consider that the Amalfitan order and Amalfitan hospital were different from Gerard's order and its hospital.[1]) After the Latin Christian conquest of Jerusalem in 1099 during the First Crusade, the organisation became a religious and military order under its own Papal charter, and it was charged with the care and defence of the Holy Land. Foundation and early history[edit] Knights of Cyprus and Rhodes[edit] Street of Knights in Rhodes Knights of Malta[edit]