3/19/2024 0 Comments Knight of saint lazarusIn 2020, with the position of Supreme Grand Prior-Elect being entrusted to HIRH Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen, our chivalric organisation now falls under the temporal protection of the Archduke of Austria and Prince of Tuscany. A number of Grand Priories of the Order are run by such personalities, including the President of the Ethiopian Crown Council, His Imperial Highness Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie, the grandson of Emperor Haile-Selassie, who is the Grand Prior of our Ethiopian Grand Priory (photo far left) the Vice Chairman of the Council of Timorese Rajas (Dewan Usif Timor) and Head of the Royal House of Kupang, His Royal Highness the Raja Don Leopold Nicolaas Isu Nisnoni (middle photo), who is the Grand Prior of our Indonesian Grand Priory His Majesty the late King Kigeli V of Rwanda (photo far right) who was appointed Grand Prior of the Grand Priory of Rwanda in April 2016 and many others. The Order of Saint Lazarus is very active worldwide with various dynastic and noble families within its ranks. Daniel Bugeja Aides de Camp for the office of the Grand Chancellor, the Chev. Benjamin Anguiera The Grand Geneologist, the Chev. John Ogden the Grand Registrar-Elect, the Chev. Thomas Nash the Grand Almoner-Elect, the Chev. The Grand Receiver General-Elect, the Chev. The Deputy Grand Chancellor-Elect, HE Charles McWilliams The Grand Secretary General-Elect, HE Steven Groeneveld The Grand Marshall-Elect, the Chev. The Grand Vicar-Elect of the Order, HIRH Herta Margarete Habsburg-Lothringen The Grand Chancellor-Elect, HE Massimo J Ellul The Grand Officers form the Knights in Council within the Supreme Grand Priory. The Supreme Grand Priory is composed of the Grand Officers of the Order and the representative of each registered Grand Priory of the Order worldwide. The Supreme Grand Priory is appointed by the Supreme Grand Prior and is constitutionally confirmed at the International Lazarite Congresses held by the Order. The United Grand Priories of the Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is led by its Supreme Grand Prior-Elect, His Imperial Royal Highness Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen, Archduke of Austria and Prince of Tuscany. Truly an international confraternity of Lazarites! Additionally, its sister affiliated organizations are also present by means of representatives in a further 13 countries. The Order is thus represented by means of its sister affiliated organizations such as the Sacred Medical Order of the Knights of Hope or its strategic partners such as the International Flame of Peace Movement.Īs of May 2020, the United Grand Priories is physically present in 78 consecrated and registered jurisdictions in 69 countries. In the countries not highlighted in Green, our sister organisations and strategic partners also have their presence on the ground. In some of these countries, the Grand Priories of the Order are presently 'in formation', meaning that the Lazarite delegations and Commanderies in the region in question will be formally upgraded and consecrated into Grand Priories by decree of the Supreme Grand Priory of the Order. The book uses both documentary and archaeological evidence to provide the first ever account of this little-understood crusading order.DAVID MARCOMBE is Director of the Centre for Local History, University of Nottingham.In the enclosed map of the world, the countries highlighted in Lazarite Green refer to countries and jurisdictions wherein the United Grand Priories is represented by means of a Grand Priory, Grand Commandery, Commandery or Delegation of the Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. The modern refoundation of the order, a charitable institution, dates from 1962. Though these late medieval knights were very different from their twelfth-century predecessors, some ideologies lingered on, though subtly readapted to the requirements of a new age, until the order was finally suppressed by Henry VIII in 1544. Following the fall of Acre in 1291 they endured a period of bitter internal conflict, only to emerge reformed and reinvigorated in the fifteenth century. Time proved the English Lazarites to be both tough and tenacious, if not always preoccupied with the care of lepers. This book explores the important contribution of the English branch of the order, which by 1300 managed a considerable estate from its chief preceptory at Burton Lazars in Leicestershire. The Order of St Lazarus, which saw the idea become a reality, founded establishments across Western Europe to provide essential support for its hospitaller and military vocations. One of the most unusual contributions to the crusading era was the idea of the leper knight - a response to the scourge of leprosy and the shortage of fighting men which beset the Latin kingdom in the twelfth century.
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