Cross Pillows
Description: Cross of a little known order of hospitallers and knights from the Middle Ages. Why should you be interested in it then? The Lazarites were not only engaged in a fight for the Holy Land - their main mission was to take care of the lepers in the hospital in Jerusalem. The unusual thing is that the lepers were, at the time, feared like the fire itself, and few were willing to look after those unfortunates, in fear of being infected. The Order of the Lazarites looked after them nevertheless, spreading knowledge about isolation of infectious diseases in Europe and giving rise to the word lazaretto, while also contributing to the development of modern, by the standards of those times, hospital facilities. A big achievement, and the green cross.
