Order of the Knights of Malta

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Order_of_the_Knights_of_Malta

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:order_of_merit gptkb:religious_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:SMOM
gptkbp:commemorativeStampIssued	yes
gptkbp:crosses	gptkb:Maltese_cross
gptkbp:currency	yes
gptkbp:currentGrandMaster	gptkb:Fra'_John_Dunlap
gptkbp:diplomaticRelationsWith	over 100 countries
gptkbp:exiledTo	gptkb:Malta gptkb:Napoleon_Bonaparte gptkb:Rhodes
gptkbp:flag	white cross on red field
gptkbp:founded	11th century
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Rome,_Italy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Order of the Knights of Malta
gptkbp:issuesPassports	yes
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French gptkb:Italian gptkb:Latin English
gptkbp:leaderTitle	gptkb:Grandmaster
gptkbp:mainActivity	disaster relief humanitarian aid medical assistance care for the poor and sick support for refugees
gptkbp:membership	about 13,500 members
gptkbp:militaryRank	defense of the Holy Land
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:Tuitio_Fidei_et_Obsequium_Pauperum Defense of the faith and assistance to the poor
gptkbp:movedTo	gptkb:Malta gptkb:Rhodes
gptkbp:notableEvent	Siege of Malta (1565) establishment of headquarters in Rome loss of Malta to Napoleon
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	about 42,000
gptkbp:observerStatusAt	gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Sovereign_Military_Hospitaller_Order_of_Saint_John_of_Jerusalem,_of_Rhodes_and_of_Malta
gptkbp:patronSaint	gptkb:Saint_John_the_Baptist
gptkbp:purpose	hospital care for pilgrims
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Venerable_Order_of_St_John gptkb:Order_of_St_John gptkb:Order_of_Saint_Lazarus
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Catholicism
gptkbp:sovereignEntity	yes
gptkbp:volunteers	about 80,000
gptkbp:website	https://www.orderofmalta.int/
gptkbp:yearExpelledFromMalta	1798
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mark_Masons'_Hall,_London gptkb:UGLE
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7