Military Orders
Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Full name is the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of
Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Latin: Supremus Ordo Militaris
Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodius et Melitensis). It was
founded as the Knights Hospitaller circa 1099 in Jerusalem, Kingdom of
Jerusalem, by the Blessed Gerard, making it the world's oldest surviving
chivalric order. The Order has 13,500 lay nights, dames and professed religious
(Catholic Church). The Prince and Grand Master is Giacomo dalla Torre del
Tempio di Sanguinetto.
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