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Christ (ORDER OF on the abolition)

ORDER OF, on the abolition of the Templars by Clement V., in 1312, King Dionysius of Portugal preserved the order in his dominions, but changed its title to that of The Knights of Christ, or The Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ.

This arrangement was sanctioned by Pope John XXII., in 1319. The seat of the order was transferred from Castro- Marino to Thomar in 1366. The new order afterward attained such power that King John III. was obliged to obtain an edict from Pope Hadrian VI., 1522, by which the grandmastership of the order became vested in the kings of Portugal. a