Order of Chivalry: St.John

Crusader History

Order of St.John Medal

In 1048, the Order of St.John was born by Amalfian merchants, and its founder the Blessed Gerard. First came the construction of a church, convent and hospital in Jerusalem, offering care to pilgrims of any faith. What would follow over the years would be the creation of a chivalric order, which would evolve into a military machine.

A Papal Bull was issued on the 15th February 1113, by Pope Paschal II approving the hospital’s foundation, and placing...