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Papal Recognition of the Knights Hospitaller
On 15 February 1113, Pope Paschal II issued the bull Pie postulatio voluntatis formally recognizing the Hospital of St John in Jerusalem as an indepe…
Timeline
- c. 1099–1112Jerusalem · JerusalemAfter the First Crusade, Blessed Gerard and others ran a hospital beside the Church of St John the Baptist in Jerusalem, caring for pilgrims and the poor, and gradually accumulated donated properties in Europe to form a cross-regional religious community.
- 1113Rome · ItalyPope Paschal II issued Pie postulatio voluntatis, confirming the Hospital Brotherhood as an independent religious order directly under the Holy See, granting property protection, the right to elect a Grand Master, and perpetual papal protection—marking the Knights Hospitaller's formal recognition by the papacy.
Sources
- 1113 Papal Recognition https://www.orderofmalta.int/history/1113-papal-recognition/
- Pie postulatio voluntatis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_postulatio_voluntatis