Knight of St. Lazarus: Until Strength Fails (Bust)

Among the military orders of the Crusades, the Order of Saint Lazarus possessed a particularly close association with disease and the care of those afflicted by leprosy. Established in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, the community developed within a world where religious devotion and the physical realities of sickness existed side by side. Its later military character created the striking image of a warrior brother serving beneath the cross of Saint Lazarus while living in the shadow of the…

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