Raymond du Puy

Raymond du Puy, copper engraving by Laurent Cars, c. 1730

Raymond du Puy (1083–1160) was a knight from Dauphiné in France and the second Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, also known as the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, from around 1121 until 1160.[1] Officially, he succeeded Blessed Gerard, the founder of the Order, as Grand Master.[2] While traditionally cited as the direct successor upon Gerard's death in 1118 or 1120, his assumption of the magisterium was in 1121 or 1123 after one or two interim superiors, Pierre de Barcelona and Boyant Roger.[3] Raymond divided the membership of the Order into clerical, military, and serving brothers and established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.[4]

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  2. ^ Josserand 2009, p. 763.
  3. ^ Flavigny 2006, p. 25.
  4. ^ Charles Moeller (1910). "Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem". In Catholic Encyclopedia. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company.