Calatrava, Military Order of

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• Military Order of Calatrava —     Military Order of Calatrava     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Military Order of Calatrava     Founded in Castile, in the twelfth century, as a military branch of the great Cistercian family.     In the Cistercian Order, then only recently formed… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Military Order of Alcantara —     Military Order of Alcántara     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Military Order of Alcántara     Alcántara, a town on the Tagus (here crossed by a bridge cantara, whence the name), is situated in the plain of Estremadura, a great field of conflict… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Military Order of Montesa —     Military Order of Montesa     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Military Order of Montesa     This order was established in the Kingdom of Aragon to take the place of the Order of the Temple, of which it was in a certain sense the continuation. It… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Military order — Flag of the Knights Templar A military order is a Christian society of knights that was founded for crusading, i.e. propagating and/or defending the faith (originally Catholic, after the reformation sometimes Protestant), either in the Holy Land… …   Wikipedia

• Alcántara, Military Order of — • First committed to the care of the Castilian Knights of Calatrava Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Order of Saint James of Compostela —     Order of Saint James of Compostela     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Saint James of Compostela     (SANTIAGO DE LA ESPADA).     Founded in the twelfth century, owes its name to the national patron of Spain, St. James the Greater, under… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Order of the Knights of Christ —     Order of the Knights of Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of the Knights of Christ     A military order which sprang out of the famous Order of the Temple (see Knights Templars). As Portugal was the first country in Europe where the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Order of Aviz — (Ordem Militar de Avis) Emblem of the Order Award of …   Wikipedia

• CALATRAVA — CALATRAVA, Spanish order of knights, founded to protect the frontier areas and as a means of prosecuting the war with the Muslims. The Order was founded in 1158 when Sancho III granted it the village and fortress of Calatrava, after which it was… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Order of Calatrava — The order emblem, a greek cross in gules with fleur de lis at its ends. The Order of Calatrava (Spanish: Orden de Calatrava) was the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bull confirming th …   Wikipedia