Order of Christ (Italy)

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The coat of arms of the Dominicans with the Dominican cross

The Order of Christ in Italy ( it. : Milizia di Gesù Cristo) was a place and time of constrained military order of knights in Lombardy . He was installed by Bartolomeo di Breganze OP , the Bishop of Vicenza . Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241) granted papal approbation in 1233 and placed the order of knights under the jurisdiction of the Dominicans . The Italian order of Christ was dissolved in 1261 and became part of the Dominican fraternity of Frati gaudenti .

Composition and Mission

Membership was divided into the aristocratic and civil knighthood, which did not have to take any vows of chastity or poverty . The military order of knighthood was established with the main objective as heretics applicable Cathars (Albigenses) and Waldensian in Lombardy and mainly in Parma keep and fight. At the same time they formed a link between the Roman Church and the local nobility. In the cities, their focus was on supporting the weak and disadvantaged. One of her religious duties that they Easter , Christmas and Pentecost , the confession took off. They met monthly for biblical instructions, which were carried out by religious priests of the Dominicans. As a habit , the members wore a white tunic and black cloak of the Dominicans. The Order of Christ was led by a general master who was a senior military officer . He was also the military leader in action and directed operations in and around Parma.

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This knightly order is not identical to the knightly order " Soldiers of Faith in Jesus Christ " ( Latin : Militia Jesu Christi), which was founded in southern France ( Languedoc ) and was used in the campaign against the Albingensians .

See also

literature

  • Paul Crawford, Military Orders in Italy , Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, ed. Christopher Kleinhenz (New Jersey: Routledge University Press, 2004), pp. 720-22, ISBN 0-415-93930-5
  • Vincent, Catherine, Militia Jesus Christ , Medieval Encyclopedia (New Jersey: Routledge University Press, 2001), pp. 953–54, ISBN 1-57958-282-6
  • Carl Andresen / Georg Denzler , Dictionary of Church History , dtv , Munich, May 1982 ISBN 3-423-03245-6

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See English Wikipedia: Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ