We just learned about the Knights Templar.
Another military group in the Catholic church was the Teutonic Order, also called the Order of the Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem.
Just like the Knights Hospitaller and the Knights Templar, these were soldiers who wore armor and worked for the church.
The job of the Teutonic Order was mostly to protect Christians that were traveling to the Holy Land of Jerusalem, and to also help set up some hospitals.
This group is actually still around but the people are not soldiers anymore, they are just a group of people who try to do good things for the world.
(from: wikipedia - teutonic order)
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