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Vatican:
Orders, Decorations, and Awards |
Distinctions
and Recipients |
| Name
|
Tenure |
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Equestrian
Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem |
Knights
of the Collar, Dames of the Collar |
Knights
Grand Cross, Dames Grand Cross |
| Adalberto
of Savoy, D of Bergamo |
†1982 |
Savoy
(254) |
Knight
Commanders with Star, Dame Commanders with Star |
Knight
Commanders, Dame Commanders |
Knights,
Dames |
| José
Leoncio González de Gregorio |
1953;
†2008 |
González
de Gregorio (5460) |
 |
Order
of the Golden Spur (Order of the Golden
Militia)
Founded by Emperor Constantine and confirmed
by Pope Sylvester, but more likely from the reign of Pope
Paul III or Pope Pius IV. Reformed by Pope Gregory XVI, 1840.
|
Knight |
| Andrea
Mantegna |
†1506 |
Mantenga
(4161) |
| Raffaello
Sanzio (Raphael) |
†1520 |
Mantenga
(1529) |
| Fernando
Álvarez de Toledo, 3L of Higares |
†1544 |
Álvarez
de Toledo (12) |
|
†1791 |
Mozart
(3011) |
Commander
(from 1840) |
Knight
(from 1840) |
 |
Lateran
Cross |
►Established
by Pope Leo XIII 1903
|
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
 |
Order
of Pius IX
Founded 1559 by Pope Pius IV. Reformed
1847 by Pius IX.
|
1st Class: Grand Collar |
2nd Class: Grand Cross |
|
1861;
†1861 |
Gramont
(1980) |
3rd Class a): Commander with Star |
3rd Class b): Commander |
4th Class: Knight |
 |
Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice (Cross of Honour)
Established by Pope Leo XIII in 1888.
|
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Order
of St Gregory the Great
Instituted 1831 by Gregory XVI. Reformed
1834.
|
Military
Division |
1st Class: Grand Cross |
2nd Class a): Commander with Star |
2nd Class b): Commander |
3rd Class: Knight |
Civilian
Division |
1st Class: Grand Cross |
Sir
James Gobbo
|
†2021
|
•••• |
2nd Class a): Commander with Star |
2nd Class b): Commander |
3rd Class: Knight |
 |
Order of St Sylvester
Said to have been founded by Pope
Sylvester; restored 1841 by Gregory XVI.
|
1st Class: Grand Cross |
|
†1861 |
Gramont
(1980) |
2nd Class a): Commander with Star |
2nd Class b): Commander |
3rd Class: Knight |
 |
Supreme
Order of Christ
Founded 1317 by King Denis I of Portugal as a branch of the
Knights Templar. Confirmed 1319 by Pope John XXII, and reorganised
by Pope Pius X in 1905.
There is a secular version awarded
by
Portugal known as the Military Order of
Christ)
|
Knight |
| Francesco
Vanni |
†1610 |
Vanni
(5354.1) |
| David
Dyce Sombre |
†1851 |
Dyce
(3461) |
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Families
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Lands
| Abbr. and Symbols
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