Ordine di San Giacomo d'Altopascio
International hospitaller religious order founded by Matilda of Canossa between 1070 and 1080 at Altopascio, a town on the Via Francigena in Tuscany. The Order was suppressed by the bull Execrabilis issued by Pius II on 18 January 1459 along with five other religious orders. Their property was transferred to the fledgling Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem founded by that same bull. The suppression, however, was imperfectly carried out. On 14 March 1587, Sixtus V, at the request of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, merged the Order of Altopascio with the Ordine di Santo Stefano. In France, it was finally absorbed into the Order of Saint Lazarus in 1672.
- HMML ID
- 201850064320
- PURL
- LC name
- Ordine di San Giacomo d'Altopascio
- HMML name
- Ordine di San Giacomo d'Altopascio
- VIAF
Variants
- Cavalieri del Tau
- Cavalieri dell'Altopascio
- Cavalieri di Altopascio
- Frati di San Giacomo d'Altopascio
- Hospitallers of Saint James
- Knights of the Tau
- Order of Saint James of Altopascio
- Ordine dei Frati Ospitalieri di San Jacopo
Organization information
- Organization type
- Monastic and religious orders
- Dissolution date
- 1459-01-18
- Centuries
- 11th century CE ● 12th century CE ● 13th century CE ● 14th century CE ● 15th century CE
- Countries
- Languages
- Fields of activity
Organization relationships
- Parent organizations
- Successors
General notes
- Description
- Order of Saint James of Altopascio; Ordine di San Giacomo d'Altopascio;Ordine dei Frati Ospitalieri di San Jacopo;Knights of the Tau; date of foundation; date of suppression and merging with other religious orders.
- Citations
- "Order of Saint James of Altopascio," Wikipedia, accessed 26 December 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Saint_James_of_Altopascio.
Preferred citation
"Ordine di San Giacomo d'Altopascio." HMML Authority File. Hill Museum & Manuscript Library. Last modified December 26, 2022. https://w3id.org/haf/organization/201850064320
Change notes
- Date added
- 2022-12-26
- Last edited
- 2022-12-26