Crosiers

For the stylized staff carried by high-ranking prelates, see crosier.

The Crosiers[1] or Brethren of the Cross[2][3] or crutched friars[4] is a general name for several loosely related Catholic orders, mostly canons regular.[4] Their names derive from their devotion to the Holy Cross. They were founded in the 12th and 13th centuries, during the era of the crusades in the Holy Land.[2] These orders tended to maintain hospitals and care for the sick.[5] Currently, the term "crosiers" most frequently refers to the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross originating from Belgium, but it could also refer to at least five other orders from Jerusalem, Portugal, Italy, Bohemia, Poland–Lithuania, and a group of friars in England and Ireland.

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