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The orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See include titles, chivalric orders, distinctions and medals honoured by the Holy See, with the Pope as the fount of honour, for deeds and merits of their recipients to the benefit of the Holy See, the Catholic Church, or their respective communities, societies, nations and the world at large.
Order of Saint Nicholas, a regional lay order founded in 1991 by Bishop Ignatius Ghattas of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Newton [4] Medal, [5] Great Cross, [6] and Golden Order of the Maronite General Council of the Maronite Church [7] Cross of São Tomé of the Roman Catholic Diocese of São Tomé and Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe
Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of the Holy See" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Catholic ecclesiastical decorations" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Orders of chivalry of the Holy See (5 C, 3 P) O. Order of the Holy Sepulchre (3 C, 13 P) S. Sovereign Military Order of Malta (9 C, 21 P) T. Teutonic Order (7 C, 19 P)
The word order (Latin: ordo), in the case referred to in this article, can be traced back to the chivalric orders, including the military orders, which in turn trace the name of their organisation back to that of the Catholic religious orders. [1] Orders began to be created ad hoc and in a more courtly nature.