Maltese Knights Templar. A lot of the structures they built centuries ago are still very popular in sightseeing tours and excursions in malta. The maltese cross is a cross symbol consisting of four v or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles two tips pointing outward symmetrically it is a heraldic cross variant which developed from earlier forms of eight pointed crosses in the 16th century.
Both men and women as sergeants and adjutantes knights and dames are all templars equal as templar brothers and sisters and all are in chivalric service in the order. The knights of malta also referred to as the order of saint john ruled the maltese islands for centuries and left a strong mark. The knights templar full name the united religious military and masonic orders of the temple and of st john of jerusalem palestine rhodes and malta is a fraternal order affiliated with freemasonry.
The holdings were organised into eight tongues or langues one each in crown of aragon auvergne crown of castile kingdom of england france holy roman empire italy and provence.
In 1523 the turkish siege of cyprus put the knights hospitaller on the move again and they found refuge in malta given to them by the holy roman emperor charles v where they became known as the knights of malta or the sovereign military order. References edit la cesión de malta a los caballeros de san juan a través de la cédula del 4 de marzo de 1530 pdf. Both men and women as sergeants and adjutantes knights and dames are all templars equal as templar brothers and sisters and all are in chivalric service in the order. The maltese cross is the symbol of the historical group the knights templar.
