Lazarus crosses

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Descripción

Crosses in the shape of a Maltese cross, or occasionally other equal-armed crosses, having the color green. It was the device of the order of hospitalers of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem, which had a special duty of protecting leper hospitals.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300299831

Otros términos

  • croci di Lazzaro [it]
  • Lazarus cross [en]
  • crosses vert [en]
  • crosses of St. Lazarus [en]
  • crosses of Saint Lazarus [en]
  • croce di Lazzaro [it]