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adventure during the Crusade in this period, it happened as an attempt torecapture the Holy Land from
the Turk who obtained and gain control of theregion as a result of power struggle. Christians were
divided due to severalreligious war and Christians were denied visit to The Holy Sepulcher.

MILITARY RELIGIOUS ORDERS AND THEIR WORKS

KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM (ITALIAN)

Also called as “Knights of the Hospitalers”. Established to give care

TEUTONIC KNIGHTS (GERMAN)

Took subsequent wars in the Holy Land

Cared for the injured and established hospitals in the military camps

KNIGHTS OF ST.LAZARUS

Care for those who suffered Leprosy, syphilis, and chronic skin diseases

ALEXIAN BROTHERS

A monasteric order founded in 1348. They established the Alexian BrothersSchool of Nursing, the largest
School under religious auspices exclusively inUS and it closed down in 1969

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

He organized the charity group called the “La Charite” and the “Communityof Sisters of Charity”
composed of women dedicated in caring for the sick, thepoor, orphaned, and the widowed. He founded
the “Sisters of Charity Schoolof Nursing” in Paris, France where Florence Nightingale had her 2
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formaleducation in Nursing.

LOUISE de GRAS

Was the 1

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Superior and co-founder of the Community of Sisters of Charity

NURSING SAINTS

ST. CLAIRE OF ASSISI

Took