Order of Saint Thomas of Acre

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The Order of Saint Thomas of Acre was a medieval English crusading and hospitaller order founded in the Holy Land that combined military, religious, and charitable functions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hospitaller order
military order
religious order
activeDuring Middle Ages NERFINISHED
associatedWith Crusades NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
dissolution pre-modern era
engagedIn charitable works
defense of Christian pilgrims
hospital care for the sick
military activities in the Holy Land
followsRule monastic rule
foundedIn Holy Land NERFINISHED
geographicFocus Acre NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
governedBy religious vows
hasCharacteristic charitable orientation
combination of military and hospitaller roles
crusading ideology
hasEthnicCharacter English
hasFunction charitable
hospitaller care
military
religious
hasMembership clerics
knights
serving brothers
hasOrganizationalForm religious-military community
hasType crusading order
hospitaller brotherhood
historicalPeriod medieval period
ideology defense of the Holy Land
protection of pilgrims
memberOf Latin Church NERFINISHED
namedAfter Saint Thomas Becket NERFINISHED
partOf Latin Christian presence in the Holy Land
patronSaint Saint Thomas Becket NERFINISHED
primaryLanguage Latin
Middle English
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
status defunct

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Crusader military orders hasMemberOrder Order of Saint Thomas of Acre