St Lazarus
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Founded | Jerusalem |
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Dissolv | Italian |
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Offici languag | Latin |
Parent organ | Catholic Church |
Patron saint | Saint Lazarus |
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ID | 5673203 |
About St Lazarus
The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, also known as the Leper Brothers of Jerusalem or simply as Lazarists, was a Catholic military order founded by Crusaders during the 1130s at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after its patron saint, Lazarus.