![]() ![]() The word lazarette (in some languages being synonymous with leprosarum) is believed to also be derived from the hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus, these edifices being adopted into quarantine stations in the 15th century, when leprosy was no longer the scourge it had been in earlier centuries. It formally lost its royal protection in 1830 and then ceased to remain listed as having royal protection in the French Royal Almanac. It suffered the consequences of the French Revolution and went into exile along with its grand master, Louis-Stanislas-Xavier de Bourbon, Count of Provence (the future King Louis XVIII). This branch became closely linked to the French Crown during the 18th century, with the serving grand masters then being members of the French royal family. In 1608, King Henry IV of France, with the approval of the Holy See, the jurisdiction of the head of the Catholic Church, linked the French branch administratively to the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel to form the Royal Military and Hospitaller Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem united. The Duke of Savoy only managed to gain control of those benefices situated in the Duchy of Savoy. These were transformed into ecclesiastical benefices. However, the merger excluded the order's holding in the southern part of Italy, then forming part of the Spanish realm. In 1572, the Order of Saint Lazarus in Italy was merged with the Order of Saint Maurice under the House of Savoy to form the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, which still exists today and is recognised as a dynastic successor of the Italian branch. The Knights Hospitaller only managed to appropriate the order's holdings in what is now Germany. ![]() This was resisted by the larger part of the jurisdictions of the Order of Saint Lazarus, including those in France, Southern Italy, Hungary, Switzerland and England. The Grand Priory of the Maltese Islands dissociates itself from other unofficial associations or groupings in the Maltese Islands calling themselves by the name of Saint Lazarus and using similar insignia.In 1489, Pope Innocent VIII attempted to merge the order and its land holdings with the Knights Hospitaller. It is made up of approximately five thousand members in the five continents. ![]() Its membership is open to all men and women who are practicing members of the Christian faith in good standing within their particular denomination. The Order is nonpolitical, ecumenical or nondenominational. Today the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem is an international self-governing and independent body, with a formal legal setup. The question remains, how and at what time the Order of St. Vincent de Paul, who have retained the name of Lazarists (1632). The Order has always been dedicated to two ideals: to give aid to those suffering from the dreadful disease of leprosy and to fight to promote, preserve and maintain the Christian faith and the teachings of Christ and His Holy Church. Lazarus of Paris, depended solely and directly on the bishop of that city, and was a mere priory when it was given by the archbishop to the missionaries of St. The turmoil of the 19th century engendered by the French Revolution forced the MHOSLJ to become a secular organization enjoying the protection of the Melkite Patriarchy and the Spanish Royal House of Bourbon. After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1291, it established its central government in France being given protection from the French Royal House. ![]() The Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem (MHOSLJ) is one of the orders of chivalry formally established in Jerusalem during the Crusader Period. ![]()
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