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GERARD (c. 1040-1120)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 764 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GERARD (c. 1040-1120)  , variously surnamed Tura, TUNc, TENQUE or THOM, founder of the See also:order of the knights of St See also:John of See also:Jerusalem (q.v.), was See also:born at See also:Amalfi about the See also:year 1040 . According to other accounts See also:Martigues in See also:Provence was his birthplace, while one authority even names the See also:Chateau d'See also:Avesnes in See also:Hainaut . Either as a soldier or a See also:merchant, he found his way to Jerusalem, where a See also:hospice had for some See also:time existed for the convenience of those who wished to visit the See also:holy places . Of this institution See also:Gerard became See also:guardian or See also:provost at a date not later than Iroo; and here he organized that religious order of St John which received papal recognition from See also:Paschal II. in 1113, by a See also:bull which was renewed and confirmed by See also:Calixtus II. shortly before the See also:death of Gerard in 1120 .

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