Order of saint lazarus crusades

Roman Catholic military order founded by crusaders around

This article is about the medieval Catholic military order. For its successor, see Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.

For the extant ecumenical order, see Order of Saint Lazarus (statuted ). For the society of apostolic life also known as Lazarists, see Congregation of the Mission. For other uses, see Order of Saint Lazarus (disambiguation).

The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem, also known as the Leper Brothers of Jerusalem or simply as Lazarists, was a Catholicmilitary order founded by Crusaders during the s at a leper hospital in Jerusalem, Kingdom of Jerusalem, whose care became its original purpose, named after its patron saint, Lazarus.^[1][2][3]

The monastic order itself is believed to have been created in the during the s as a hospitaller order, and the earliest reference to the order's military activity is dated to It was recognised by King Fulk in