Templar Knight Holy Sepulcre Squadron, Palestine XII cent.

The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Latin: Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also called Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See. The pope is the sovereign of the order.

The order creates “canons” as well as knights, with the primary mission to “support the Christian presence in the Holy Land”.

The order today is estimated to have some 30,000 knights and dames in 60 lieutenancies around the world.[2][3] The cardinal grand master has been Fernando Filoni since 2019, and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is grand prior. Its headquarters are situated at Palazzo Della Rovere and its official church in Sant’Onofrio al Gianicolo, both in Rome, close to Vatican City.