900th anniversary: overview of celebrations
In February 2013 members and volunteers of the Sovereign Order of Malta gathered in Rome to celebrate a significant anniversary. Exactly 900 years have elapsed since Pope Paschal II officially recognised the monastic community of the Hospitallers of St John in 1113.
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Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
Magistral Palace, Via Condotti, 68 Rome - Italy
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