The Ordinis Fratrum & Militum Hospitalis Leprosorum S. Lazari Hierosolymitani or 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 around 1119 at a leper hospital in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, to who care for the ill was its original purpose, named after their patron saint, Lazarus. It was recognized by King Fulk of Jerusalem in 1142 and canonically recognized as a hospitaller and military order of chivalry under the rule of Saint Augustine in the Papal bull Cum a Nobis Petitur of Pope Alexander IV in 1255, and in 1262 Pope Urban IV assured it the same immunities as were granted to the monastic orders.
Although they were centered on the charism of care for those afflicted with leprosy, the knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus notably fought in the Battle of La Forbie in 1244 and in the Defense of Acre in 1291. The Lazarists wore a green cross upon their mantle. Hospitals dependent on the Jerusalem leprosarium were eventually established in other towns in the Holy Land, notably in Acre, and in various countries in Europe. Louis VII of France, on his return from the Second Crusade, gave the order, the Château of Broigny, near Orléans in 1154. This example was followed by Henry II of England, and by Emperor Frederick II.
After the fall of Acre in 1291 the Knights of St. Lazarus moved to Cyprus and then Sicily and finally back to Boigny, which had been raised to a barony in 1288.
In 1308 King Philip IV of France gave the order his temporal protection. From 1434 onwards there where several attempts to merger the order of Saint Lazarus, to the then knights of Rhodes, now the Order of Malta, which did not succeed and later on with the Order of Saint Maurice, in which it regained some of its military branch to fend off the Ottoman pirates in the Mediterranean, while Henry IV of France re-declared it the French branch which in turn partially merged with the Order of our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ordres Royaux, Militaires & Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jérusalem & de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel réunis, this amalgamation received formal canonical recognition by Pope Clement IX, however the order was suppressed in France during the French Revolution and lost official recognition in Italy during the establishment of the Italian republic, but it remains active and supported by the Holy See with over 2,000 members.
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• 11 oz mug dimensions: 3.85″ (9.8 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter
• 15 oz mug dimensions: 4.7″ (12 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter
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Although they were centered on the charism of care for those afflicted with leprosy, the knights of the Order of Saint Lazarus notably fought in the Battle of La Forbie in 1244 and in the Defense of Acre in 1291. The Lazarists wore a green cross upon their mantle. Hospitals dependent on the Jerusalem leprosarium were eventually established in other towns in the Holy Land, notably in Acre, and in various countries in Europe. Louis VII of France, on his return from the Second Crusade, gave the order, the Château of Broigny, near Orléans in 1154. This example was followed by Henry II of England, and by Emperor Frederick II.
After the fall of Acre in 1291 the Knights of St. Lazarus moved to Cyprus and then Sicily and finally back to Boigny, which had been raised to a barony in 1288.
In 1308 King Philip IV of France gave the order his temporal protection. From 1434 onwards there where several attempts to merger the order of Saint Lazarus, to the then knights of Rhodes, now the Order of Malta, which did not succeed and later on with the Order of Saint Maurice, in which it regained some of its military branch to fend off the Ottoman pirates in the Mediterranean, while Henry IV of France re-declared it the French branch which in turn partially merged with the Order of our Lady of Mount Carmel, Ordres Royaux, Militaires & Hospitaliers de Saint Lazare de Jérusalem & de Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel réunis, this amalgamation received formal canonical recognition by Pope Clement IX, however the order was suppressed in France during the French Revolution and lost official recognition in Italy during the establishment of the Italian republic, but it remains active and supported by the Holy See with over 2,000 members.
• Ceramic
• 11 oz mug dimensions: 3.85″ (9.8 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter
• 15 oz mug dimensions: 4.7″ (12 cm) in height, 3.35″ (8.5 cm) in diameter
• Dishwasher and microwave safe