Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 243
a grandprior, viz., Provence, Auvergne, France, Italy,Aragon, Germany, Castile, and England.These national grand priors were termedpiliers, or monastic bailiffs. Each nation wassubdivided into a number of lesser commands, to hold one of which wasequivalent to holding an ecclesiastical benefice, and… … Fig. 145.—Tomb of Beatrix Cornel,Prioress of the Lady Hospitallersof St. John of Jerusalem, in theConvent of Sigena, in Aragon(Fifteenth Century).—From the Iconografia Espanola of M.Carderera. MILITARY ORDERS. a cross of white linen having eight points, typical of the eight beatitudes theywere…
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