Knights of St Thomas
The Knights of Saint Thomas are an English Christian military order founded by Peter of Roche, the
Bishop of Winchester around
1227 during the
third crusade. According to Gregory IX this was done thanks to the negligence of the existing canons of the Hospital of
St Thomas in
Acre. Peter of Roche was a warrior bishop who contributed to the defences of
Jaffa and
Sidon.
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