Order of Knights of Malta

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Order_of_Knights_of_Malta
GPTKB entity
Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:SMOM
gptkbp:category gptkb:Orders_of_chivalry
gptkb:Catholic_orders_and_societies
International organizations based in Rome
gptkbp:commemorativeStampIssued yes
gptkbp:currency yes
gptkbp:currentGrandMaster gptkb:John_Dunlap
gptkbp:facilityId Hospital of St. John in Jerusalem
gptkbp:flag white cross on red field
gptkbp:founded circa 1099
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Gerard_Thom
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Rome,_Italy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Order of Knights of Malta
gptkbp:issuesPassports yes
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:leaderTitle gptkb:Grandmaster
gptkbp:lostMalta 1798
gptkbp:medicalPersonnel 42,000
gptkbp:membership 13,500 knights, dames, and chaplains
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Tuitio_Fidei_et_Obsequium_Pauperum
gptkbp:movedTo gptkb:Malta
gptkb:Rhodes
gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:notableEvent Siege of Malta (1565)
expulsion from Malta by Napoleon (1798)
establishment in Rome (1834)
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Sovereign_Military_Hospitaller_Order_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem,_of_Rhodes_and_of_Malta
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:patronSaint gptkb:Saint_John_the_Baptist
gptkbp:purpose gptkb:charity
humanitarian aid
medical assistance
gptkbp:recognizedBy over 100 countries
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Venerable_Order_of_St_John
gptkb:Order_of_St_John_(Bailiwick_of_Brandenburg)
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_John_(Netherlands)
gptkb:Order_of_Saint_John_(Sweden)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:sovereignEntity yes
gptkbp:status yes
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Maltese_cross
gptkbp:UNObserverStatusSince 1994
gptkbp:volunteers 80,000
gptkbp:website https://www.orderofmalta.int/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Anthonian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7