Note 711 — Chapter XV
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Liutprand, bishop of Cremona, gives the fullest account of the trade of Amalfi in the tenth century (Muratori, “Script.” V. ii. p. 487; “Antiq.” v. ii. p. 884). The merchants of Amalfi built in A.D. 1020 two hospitals at Jerusalem, one dedicated to St. John, which gave the title to the famous Knights Hospitallers, afterwards of Rhodes and Malta (“W. of Tyre,” xviii. c. 4; Brencman, “De Republ. Amalf.” c. 8).