Grand Master of the Order of St John

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head of religious order military office monarchical office religious office

The Grand Master of the Order of St John was the supreme head of the Knights Hospitaller, a medieval and early modern Catholic military and hospitaller order that ruled over territories such as Rhodes and Malta.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Grand Master of the Order of St John canonical	2
Grand Master of the Order of Malta	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of religious order ⓘ military office ⓘ monarchical office ⓘ religious office ⓘ
appointedBy	Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Great Siege of Malta (1565) NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Rhodes (1522) NERFINISHED ⓘ
confirmedBy	Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryRuled	Order of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Saint John of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of St John NERFINISHED ⓘ
electedBy	General Chapter of the Order of St John NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedFor	leadership of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ
hasPower	to conclude peace treaties ⓘ to confer titles and dignities within the Order ⓘ to declare war ⓘ to mint coinage ⓘ
hasRole	head of government of the Order’s territories ⓘ head of state of the Order’s territories ⓘ supreme head of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ supreme military commander of the Order ⓘ supreme religious superior of the Order ⓘ
inception	12th century ⓘ
jurisdictionOver	members of the Knights Hospitaller ⓘ territories of the Order of St John ⓘ
languageOf	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder	Alof de Wignacourt NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean de la Valette NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Villiers de L’Isle-Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond du Puy NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Knights Hospitaller NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
residence	Auberge de Castille, Birgu (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Grandmaster’s Palace, Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ Palace of the Grand Master, Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruledTerritory	Gozo NERFINISHED ⓘ Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Tripoli (as a dependency) NERFINISHED ⓘ
seat	Birgu NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodes NERFINISHED ⓘ Valletta NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	His Most Eminent Highness ⓘ Prince and Grand Master NERFINISHED ⓘ
subordinateTo	Pope (spiritual authority) NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorOffice	Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbol	white eight-pointed Maltese cross on a red field ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grandmaster’s Palace → builtFor → Grand Master of the Order of St John ⓘ

San Anton Palace → originalOwnerPosition → Grand Master of the Order of St John ⓘ

Grand Prior of France (Order of Malta) → subordinateTo → Grand Master of the Order of St John ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grand Master of the Order of Malta