Our History.
The Institution of the Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights
of St. John International is ascribed to some gallant merchants
from the city of Amalfi in the Middle East who in the year 1048
AD founded a hospital in Jerusalem to take care of the pilgrims
who visited the Holy Land.
The famous deeds of the medieval Knights nearly passed into
oblivion as the years passed by. However, in 1886, some American
Catholics of the City of New York met and decided that a living
monument be built to commemorate the gallant Knights who had so
gallantly defended the church in the medieval era. They decided
to revive the Order by reforming the "Roman Catholic Union of
St. John".
On May 6, 1886, the Ancient and Noble Order of the Knights of
St. John was established in the United States by a special act
of legislature. The Order of the Knights of St. John was
introduced into the Gold Coast, now Ghana, in 1933. Meanwhile,
in July 1992 the name was changed to the Knights of St. John
International to reflect its Global Status.
Running concurrently with the Knights and ladies is the Cadets
& Junior Auxilliaries. These are the nursery stages of the
Order where young boys and girls, as future leaders are groomed
to take over from the older Knights and Ladies.
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Last Updated: September 22nd, 2000
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