When Godfrey of Bouillon founded what would become the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (EOHSJ) after the First Crusade, the Holy Land was in a state of political upheaval.
Were Godfrey with us today, he might find the situation sadly familiar.
However, he would be heartened to see that the work of his chivalric order has expanded and flourished. Under Michael Byrne, the Lieutenancy of England and Wales celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.
Thomas Edwards spoke with the Lieutenant of the EOHSJ in England and Wales for the Catholic Herald, to find out more about the organisation and its connection to events both deep in the past and presently unravelling in the Holy Land:
