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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.
Promote Catholic faith and to support religious, cultural and social works of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in the Holy Land. Recognised as legitimate ecclesiastical decorations by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry (2006): [1] Patronal Medal: Catholic University of America, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ...
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 .
The question whether an order is a legitimate chivalric order or a self-styled order coincides with the subject of the fons honorum. [14] A legitimate fount of honour is a person or entity who holds sovereignty when the order is awarded. Ultimately, it is the authority of the state, whether exercised by a reigning monarch or the president of a ...
The Order of Pope Pius IX (Italian: Ordine di Pio IX), also referred as the Pian Order (Italian: Ordine Piano, pronounced), is a papal order of knighthood originally founded by Pope Pius IV in 1560. Currently, it is the highest honor conferred by the Holy See (being the Order of Christ and the Order of the Golden Spur currently dormant).
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.
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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)