After turmoil with Baldwin, the scion is established and as thus, Marcus invites all of their members into the Order - this marks the first moment in years when a new member of the Order has been appointed. Lazarus, a hospitaller order established in the Holy Land in the 12th century. As an order of chivalry, the Order of Saint Lazarus has retained the virtues of nobility but today its members a drawn from across the social spectrum. Matthew is initially reluctant but eventually comes around to the idea and accepts it. knights, dames & chaplains The Order of Saint Lazarus is the only Catholic Order in the world which admits non-Catholic members. Matthew is furious with Marcus and remarks that as the Grand Master of the Order he should not have let Knox get anywhere near Sept-Tours, but Marcus rebukes him citing that he did everything he could.Īfter tensions with the Congregation come to a head, Marcus suggests forming a scion with the help of the Knights of Lazarus. MILITARY AND HOSPITALLER ORDER OF SAINT LAZARUS OF JERUSALEM. Tensions arise, however, when Peter Knox makes his way to Sept-Tours and murders Emily Mather in cold blood. Matthew tells Marcus that he should only use the Knights when necessary given the fact that they have not been in use in centuries. Diana does not mention this to Matthew, however, but eventually a conversation arises between the two in Shadow of Night, wherein Matthew reveals that he is the head of the Order since the death of his father, Philippe de Clermont.Įventually, Matthew hands over reign of the Knights of Lazarus to Marcus Whitmore as he and Diana prepare to head to the sixteenth century. In A Discovery of Witches, Diana discovers Matthew's involvement in the Order when she is looking in his desk and accidentally finds a hidden drawer filled with seals. The order of St Lazarus was a haven for leprosy-ridden knights where they. Founded in 1098 by Hospitaller Knights in the Holy Land, it was the only chivalric order organized to care for the needs of lepers, victims of the dreaded. Several branches of the revived Order now claim to be the continuation of the old Order, a claim disputed by some experts and supported by others. Knights of Lazarus were a group of knights diagnosed with leprosy in Jerusalem. Maurice and in France with the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus is one of the orders of chivalry to survive the downfall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the attempts by the. Eventually the order in Italy was merged with the Order of St. Starting with Pope Innocent VIII, attempts were made to merge it with the Knights of St. The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (Ordo Militaris et Hospitalis Sancti Lazari Hierosolymitani), better known as the Knights.
After several centuries, the order went into decline and ceased to perform its original function. From 1198 there was encouragement for knights with leprosy to join the convent (mainly applying to the Templars, the Knights of St John generally looking after.