The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, and commonly known as the Order of Malta or the Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. Though it possesses no national territory, the order is considered a sovereign entity under international law.
- Country
- United States, Italy, Malta
- Headquarters
- Magistral Palace
- Website
- https://www.orderofmalta.int/, https://www.orderofmalta.int/fr/, https://www.orderofmalta.int/it/, https://www.orderofmalta.int/de/