Foundation of the Order of the Temple — St. Bernard aids the Order—Constitution of the Order — St. Bernard’s account of the Templars — The Christian power in the East weakened — The Second Crusade — The siege of Damascus — Letter of a Knight Templar — Exploits of the Templars in Palestine
Chasuble, Mitre, and Stole of Archbishop Thomas à Becket of Canterbury.
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Benedictine monks in 1870, 19th century.
Augustinians is a collective name for various orders and congregations of nuns and sisters, who live by the rule of St. Augustine of Hippo.
The Dominican nuns, religious abbreviation OP, Latin: Ordo fratrum Praedicatorum are a Roman Catholic religious order.
Society of St. Ursula (Compagnia di Sant’Orsola Ursulines of the Roman Union / Ursulines de l’Union Romaine), Latin Ordo Sanctae Ursula.
Habit of Religious Orders, 1780. Benedictine nuns. Ordo Sancti Benedicti, OSB.
The different orders of Dervishes (Sufi) originated in the two sects of Ebu Bekir and of Ali. Their followers took the name of Dervishes, a Persian word, which means the sill or threshold of a door.
