“Is that anything like the Knights of the Woeful Countenance?”
Also known as “Discalced Trinitarians,” these are a branch of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity or the Redemption of the Captives, or, more plainly, the Order of the Most Holy Trinity. The members of the order are called "Trinitarians." This order was founded by St. John de Matha and St. Felix of Valois in France in 1198. Their mission was to ransom those who had been made slaves by the moslems during the Crusades.
At times, the order was quite large and wealthy, but is smaller today than it was at its height.
Today, among many ministries to those in need, the order runs a school in the United States, DeMatha Catholic High School, in Hyattsville, MD.
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“Order of the Most Holy Trinity or the Redemption of the Captives,” should be “Order of the Most Holy Trinity FOR the Redemption of the Captives,”