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Order of the Holy Sepulchre
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Order of the Holy Sepulchre
The
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
(,
OESSH
), also called
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
or
Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
, is a
Roman Catholic
order of chivalry
in
protection
of the
Holy See
, originally founded as
Milites Sancti Sepulcri
attached to the
Augustinian
Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre
in
Jerusalem
, recognised in 1113 by
Papal bull
of
Pope Paschal II
and of Pope
Calistus II
in 1122. It traces its roots to circa 1099 under the
Frankish
Duke
Godfrey of Bouillon
,
Advocatus Sancti Sepulchri
, "Defendor of the Holy Sepulchre", leader of the
First Crusade
and first ruler of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem
.
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