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APOCALYPSE, KNIGHTS OF THE

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APOCALYPSE, KNIGHTS OF THE , a See also:secret society founded in See also:Italy in 1693 to defend the See also:church against the expected See also:Antichrist. See also:Agostino Gabrino, the son of a See also:merchant of See also:Brescia, was its founder. On See also:Palm See also:Sunday 1693, when the See also:choir of St See also:Peter's was chanting Quis est iste Rex Gloriae? Gabrino, See also:sword in See also:hand, rushed to the See also:altar crying Ego sum Rex Gloriae. Though Gabrino was treated as a madman, the society flourished, until a member denounced it to the See also:Inquisition, who arrested the knights. Though chiefly See also:mechanics they always carried swords even when at See also:work, and wore on their breasts astar with seven rays. Gabrino styled himself monarch of the See also:Holy Trinity. He was credited by his enemies with a See also:desire to introduce See also:polygamy.

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