Origin from 1158
The Order of Calatrava was founded in the twelfth century at Calatrava la Vieja in Castile, Spain, by the abbot Raymond of Fitero, acting on a proposal from the former knight turned monk Diego Velazquez, to garrison and defend the castle of Calatrava against Muslim forces during the Reconquista. A Catholic military-religious order following Cistercian rule, its members took vows of poverty, celibacy, silence and abstinence while fighting, and it received papal approval from Pope Alexander III on 26 September 1164, the first Spanish military order to gain such recognition. It survives today as a Religious Order of Honour with no military function, numbering about 250 members under King Felipe VI as Grand Master.
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Classification
Kind of orderChristian Military and Chivalric Orders 1 ApostolateMilitary and Chivalric Service 1 Who may join Organisation
OrdinationVowed Religious Profession (not ordained) 2 Practice
Liturgical Language Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Origins
Origin Period Belief
Defining Doctrinal PositionCatholic Apostolic Magisterial Authority 2 Connections
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Originated In
Source Wikipedia: Order of Calatrava
Rooted In
Source Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Military Order of Calatrava
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1. Wikipedia: Order of Calatrava
WikipediaIntroduction, kind of order
The Order of Calatrava (Spanish: Orden de Calatrava) is one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval.
Introduction, apostolate
The Order of Calatrava (Spanish: Orden de Calatrava) is one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile, but the second to receive papal approval.
Originated In: Spain, Lead
is one of the four Spanish military orders and the first military order founded in Castile
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Wikidata Q756910, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent): Military Order of Calatrava
Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)Rooted In: Roman Catholicism, Opening article textQuote, Rooted In: Roman Catholicism, Opening article text
This somewhat revolutionary arrangement was approved by the general chapter at Cîteaux , and by Pope Alexander III (1164).
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