Hence the Knights of Aviz were sometimes regarded as a branch of the Calatravan Order, although they never ceased to have a Portuguese grand master, dependent for temporalities on the Portuguese king. The Knights of Calatrava also surrendered some of their places in Portugal to them on condition that the Knights of Aviz should be subject to the visitation of their grand master. Like the Knights of Calatrava in Castile, the Knights of Portugal were indebted to the Cistercians for their rule and their habit a white mantle with a green fleur-de-lysed cross. Benedict of Aviz", since they adopted the Benedictine rule in 1162, as modified by John Ziritu, one of the earliest Cistercian abbots of Portugal. After the conquest of Aviz the military castle erected there became the motherhouse of the order, and they were then called "Knights of St. Pedro Henriquez, an illegitimate son of the king's father, was the first grand master. Affonso, the first king gave to it the town of Evora, captured from the Moors in 1211, and the Knights were first called "Brothers of Santa Maria of Evora". A native order of this kind sprang up in Portugal about 1146. Knights Templar were found in Portugal as early as 1128, and received a grant from Queen Teresa in the year of the Council of Troyes, which confirmed their early statutes. This accounts for the favour with which military orders were regarded beyond the Pyrenees, in Portugal as well as in Spain for in them the vow of fighting against the infidels was perpetual, like other monastic vows. Some crusaders were bound only by temporary vows, and when these expired they would sometimes return to their country although the war was not ended. The Kingdom of Portugal, founded in 1128, was not only contemporaneous with the Crusades but conducted one of its own against the Moors. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.
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