Raymond du Puy de Provence was the second Grand Master of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitaller). He was a relative of Adhemar of Le Puy, the papal legate during the First Crusade. He accepted the eight pointed Amalfi cross as an official symbol of the Order, which later became known as the Maltese Cross after the establishment of the Order on Malta. Raymond divided the Order into clerical, military, and serving brothers, and established the first significant Hospitaller infirmary near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. He was present at the capture of Ascalon in 1153. Provence is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ... The Knights Hospitaller is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in Jerusalem, following the First Crusade, ca. ... Adhemar (also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz) de Monteil (d. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Papal Legate -from the Latin, authentic Roman title Legatus- is a personal representative of the Pope to the nations, or rather to some part of the universal church. ... Jump to: navigation, search The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. ... Amalfi, a town and archiepiscopal see of Campania, Italy, in the Gulf of Salerno, 24 miles southeast of Naples. ... The Maltese Cross (✠) has been the symbol of the Christian warrior since the First Crusade. ... Main Entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, called Church of the Resurrection (Anastasis) by Eastern Christians, is a Christian church now within the walled Old City of Jerusalem. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jerusalem (31°46′ N 35°14′ E; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם â–¶(?); Yerushalayim; Arabic: القُدس â–¶(?) al-Quds; see also names of Jerusalem) is an ancient Middle Eastern city of key importance to the religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. ... Ashkelon or Ashqelon (Hebrew אשקלון; Arabic عسقلان ʿAsqalān; Latin Ascalon) was an ancient Philistine seaport on the east coast of the Mediterranian sea just north of Gaza. ... Events January 6 - Henry of Anjou arrives in England. ...