Pope Innocent VIII in 1489 attempted to transfer the holdings of the Order of Saint Lazarus to the Order of Saint John then stationed in Rhodes, in effect amalgamating the two Orders. The English branch of the Order was eventually abolished by King Henry VIII in 1544 though not by Papal consent. Political machinations led Pope Sixtus IV in 1479 to allow the English Lazarite house stationed at Burton Lazars to severe its administrative links from Boigny. The other houses in other European lands remained subservient to the mother house in France.Д«y the 15th century, the scourge of leprosy in Europe had markedly diminish ed and the Order of Saint Lazarus had slowly lost its raison dвЂ™etre. Louis VII after his return from the Crusade in 1154 and erected as a barony in 1288. The property at Boigny was originally donated to the Order by King St. All the military brethren of the Order of Saint Lazarus present in Acre were killed during the defence of the city.ДЇollowing the expulsion of the Christian forces from the Holy Land, the Order of Saint Lazarus restationed its headquarters at Boigny near OrlГ©ans in France. Thomas вЂ“ the Lazarites fought bravely to maintain their stronghold but were overwhelmed by the Saracen onslaught. John, the Teutonic Knights, and the knights of St. Together with the other four military Orders вЂ“ the Templars, the Hospitallers of St. Knights of the Order also participated in the defence of Acre in 1291 when the Saracen army under Sultan Khalid laid siege. Augustine was recognized by Pope Alexander IV. In spite of the military defeats, by 1256 the Order of Saint Lazarus had grown considerably and its existence under the Rule of St. Lazarus participated in the campaigns in the defence of the Holy Land including the Battle of Gaza in 1244 where contemporary texts state that вЂњall the leper knighrs of the house of Saint Lazarus were killedвЂќ, and in the Battle of Mensura in 1250. This suggests that the Order had assumed a military role and contemporary texts do confirm that members of the Order of St. In his Bull dated 1227, Pope Gregory IX refers to the brothers, knights and clerics of Saint Lazarus.

The Order then established its new base in its edifice in Acre.Д«y the early 13th century, the Order had expanded its role in the Holy Land.

The Order was forced to abandon its leprosarum in Jerusalem in 1191 after Salah al-Dim besieged and captured the city. This ensured that the Order had a modest economic base comprising lands, tithes, rents and privileges sufficient to maintain its activities in the Holy Land. It further established another house in Acre and further expanded its role to other European lands including Southern Italy, Central Europe, France, and England. It acquired more establishments at Nablus, Ascalon and CГ¦sarea. It built a chapel at Tiberias and two hospitals for pilgrims in Armenia.

From its humble origins in Jerusalem, the Order expanded its range of influence in the Holy Land acquiring a church, a convent and a mill in Jerusalem and property near the Mount of Olives. The leprosis ecclesie Sancti Lazari is further depicted in a contemporary map dated to the 1130s. The earliest documented mention of the leprosis Sancti Lazari is dated to the second decade of the 12th century, while the anonymous travelogue entitled Work on Geography dated to third decade of the 12th century describes вЂњa dwelling of lepersвЂќ вЂњbeyond the walls of Jerusalem between the Tower of Tancred and the Gate of Saint StephenвЂќ.

Its original scope in Jerusalem was to assist and succour lepers within the Kingdom of Jerusalem in its leprosarum just outside the walls of Jerusalem. Like the other hospitaller and military orders established in the Holy Land to help and succour pilgrims, the Order of Saint Lazarus had a subsequent turbulent and varied history. The Order of Saint Lazarus saw its origins in the Holy Land after the First Crusade of 1099.

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