!!!Johanniter, Ritterorden

Knights of St. John (Knights Hospitaller of St. John, 
Knights of Malta), an order of knights established in the 12%%sup th/% 
 century whose origin was a hospital where sick pilgrims were cared 
for in Jerusalem (1099). After the fall of Akkon in 1291, the Knights 
of St. John moved to Cyprus and later to Rhodes (which they ruled 
as an independent state until 1522). After giving up Rhodes, they were 
given the island of Malta by the Holy Roman Emperor Karl V, from 
which the name  Knights of Malta originates. While the Knights of 
St. John became Protestant in 1538, the Knights of Malta remained 
with the Catholic Church. Since 1986 the Knights of St. John have 
again maintained an order headquarters in Austria.


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