Order of Aubrac
The Order of Aubrac was founded by Allard or Adoard, the Viscomte of Flanders in 1120 as an order of knights .
The reason was the escape of the founder of an attack in the mountains of the same name on the hike from Santiago de Campostella. The long name of the order was the Order of Our Lady of Chevaliera Hospitaliers de notre dame d'Aubrac . Pope Alexander III confirmed this order.
The foundation's aim was to establish an order and build a hospital in this place with religious knights to protect pilgrims and to feed the sick and to free the area from robbers and to live apart from the opposite sex. The members of the order had to obey the order master , live chaste, were not allowed to own any property and should take part in all divine services and especially care for the poor. It was a so-called place of the hospitaliers .
The Maltese and Templars tried in vain to combine this order with theirs; all attempts failed.
The order received rich gifts and legacies, and so it grew in wealth and power.
Louis XIV repealed this order in 1697. He wanted to unite this with the crown. Nevertheless, the order did not go under until the French Revolution in 1789.
Order classes
The order had 5 classes and were arranged according to the rules of St. Augustine.
Order decoration
The order decoration was a light blue Maltese cross . That was worn on the left side of the chest. A corresponding costume was blue or black. The priests only wore black clothes. The cross was attached to the cloak.
Individual proof
- ^ Bernhard Neustädt, Ordens-Lexikon: Alt-Limpurg and Frauenstein (continued) to Bavaria, volumes 1–2, LMR Kühn'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Breslau 1848, p. 95
literature
- Aristide Michel Perrot, historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations, Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 148