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The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, [a] 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. [4]
The Knights of Malta — former/current members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Members of the allied Category:Protestant orders of chivalry are usually referred to as a Knight of St. John (British) or as a Johanniter (German).
Expelled the Jesuits from Malta. In 1753 proclaimed the sovereignty of the Order on Malta and a dispute started with the Kingdom of Sicily under King Charles V. Normal relations were resumed the next year, with the Order retaining de facto control over Malta as a sovereign state. [15] 68/69 Prince and Grand Master Francisco Ximénez de Tejada
Dames of Malta are female members of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. The male counterparts of these Dames are the Knights of Malta . This secret fraternal order , also known as Ladies of the Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem , was originally named Ladies of Malta .
Applicants underwent an investigation, proposed by a member with at least two years of acquaintance. [1] It had 75,000 members in 1923. In the late 1960s there were 10,000 members, but by 1979 the membership had declined to 2,000. The order maintained the Malta Home in Granville, Pennsylvania, providing housing for its aged members. The ...
The Sovereign Council is made up of the following members: 1.The Grand Master, or the Lieutenant 2. The holders of the four High Charges a. The Grand Commander b. The Grand Chancellor c. The Grand Hospitaller d. The Receiver of the Common Treasure 3. Five members of the Council of the Professed 4.
Map of commandries of the Order of Saint John in 1300. The Order of Saint John (Knights of Malta, Knights Hospitaller) was organised in a system of commanderies during the high medieval to early modern periods, to some extent surviving as the organisational structure of the several descended orders that formed after the Reformation.
Former Prime Minister of Malta: 2015 [6] George Vella: KCMG: Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malta now President of Malta: 2018 [13] Zeid Raad Al Hussein: KCMG: Former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: 2019 [14] Khaled Al-Duwaisan: GCVO, KCMG: Kuwaiti diplomat: 2022 [15]