Prof. Charles Savona-Ventura has been re-appointed as the International Archivist and Historian of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus.
This Hospitaller Order saw its origins during the Crusader Period working side-by-side with the Order of St John caring for victims of leprosy.
The past and modern Archives of the Order have been held in Malta since the latter part of the twentieth century.
The Office of the International Archivist published a dedicated peer-reviewed journal entitled Acta Historiae Sancti Lazari Ordinis that deals with aspects of the historical facets of the Order of St Lazarus and related Crusader Orders.