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Brother Hospitaler of St. John of God

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Definition of Brother Hospitaler of St. John of God

: a member of a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in 1540 at Granada, Spain, and devoted especially to the care of the sick

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History and Etymology for Brother Hospitaler of St. John of God

after St. John of God †1550 Spanish religious, who founded the institute

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