The Knights of Saint Thomas are an English Christian military order founded by
Peter of Roche[?], the
Bishop of Winchester[?] around
1227 during the
third crusade. According to
Gregory IX[?] this was done thanks to the negligence of the existing canons of the Hospital of
St Thomas in
Acre. Peter of Roche was a warrior bishop who contributed to the defences of
Jaffa and
Sidon.
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