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Trinitarians
The Trinitarians, the Order of the Most Holy Trinity and of the Captives, are a Catholic religious order founded in France in 1198 by John of Matha and approved by Pope Innocent III. Its original mission was to ransom Christians held captive by Muslims, and for centuries its friars travelled to North Africa, especially Algiers, with ransom money, freeing among many others Miguel de Cervantes in 1580.
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