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This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of Leopold II. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Order of Leopold II .
The canonry of St Mary's College, St David's became the property of the Crown on the dissolution of the monasteries. The Sovereign was never a canon of St David's, even as a layman (see also the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1562) Article 37), though he or she may occupy the first prebendal stall, which is assigned for the monarch's use.
Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold, 1900 [6] Principality of Bulgaria: Grand Cross of St. Alexander, in Diamonds, July 1902 [7] Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 1 November 1900 [8] Ethiopian Empire: Grand Cross of the Star of Ethiopia; German Empire: Knight of the Black Eagle; Kingdom of Italy: Knight of the Annunciation, 10 April ...
King Leopold I of Belgium: 1832: Grand-Master and Founder King Louis Philippe I: 1833 [1] Wedding gift to his Father-in-law Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans: 1833 [2] Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours: 1833 [3] Wedding gift to his Brother-in-law Charles Joseph, Comte de Flahaut: 1833 [4] Ambassador to the ...
Leopold III (German: Luitpold, Latin: Leupoldus, 1073 – 15 November 1136), known as Leopold the Good, was the Margrave of Austria from 1095 to his death in 1136. He was a member of the House of Babenberg. He was canonized on 6 January 1485 and became the patron saint of Austria, Lower Austria, Upper Austria and Vienna.
In 1113, Leopold founded a monastery (kloster) for secular canons next to his castle, providing it with generous donations of land. The cornerstone ceremony for the new abbey church took place on 12 June 1114. [4] Leopold's younger son, the chronicler Otto of Freising, prepared for his ecclesiastical career at Klosterneuburg and became provost ...
Berard was well versed in Arabic, was an eloquent preacher, and was chosen by Francis, together with two other priests, Peter and Otho, and two lay brothers, Accursius and Adjutus, to evangelize in Morocco. [2] The Martyrs of Morocco, 1508, by Francisco Henriques (National Museum of Ancient Art, Lisbon)
The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are Catholic priests who live in community under a rule (Latin: regula and κανών, kanon, in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religious life, such as clerics regular, designated by a partly similar terminology.