Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem

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The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is a medieval Catholic military and hospitaller order originally founded to care for lepers and participate in the Crusades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic military order
chivalric order
hospitaller order
associatedWithEvent Crusades
associatedWithRegion Holy Land
Kingdom of Jerusalem
foundedInCentury 12th century
foundedInEra Crusades
foundedInPlace Jerusalem
hasActivity leper hospital management
military service
religious charity
hasCanonicalStatus religious order in the medieval period
hasCharacteristic care for lepers
hospitaller role
military role
religious vows
hasHeadquartersLocation Jerusalem (originally)
hasHistoricalFunction leper hospital in Jerusalem
military support to Crusader states
hasLanguageOfLiturgy Latin
hasOrientation Roman Catholic
hasPatronSaint Saint Lazarus
linked to: Lazarus of Bethany
hasPrimaryMission care for lepers
hospitaller work
hasPurpose care of the sick
defense of the Christian faith
support of pilgrims
hasRule religious rule of life
hasSecondaryMission military support in the Crusades
hasSymbol green cross
hasTypeOfMember clerics
knights
serving brothers
historicalStatus medieval Catholic order
namedAfter Lazarus of Bethany
Saint Lazarus
linked to: Lazarus of Bethany
partOf medieval Catholic military orders
medieval hospitaller institutions
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Latin Church

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Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus follows Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem
Crusader military orders hasMemberOrder Order of Saint Lazarus
linked to: Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem