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

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