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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 three Classes of the Knights of Malta - official website of the Order of Malta "Sovereign Military Order of Malta in the United Kingdom - Order pro Merito Melitensi" . "Blog containing photographs of Medals, neck crosses and sashs for Knights & Dames" (in Portuguese).
The order published the booklet What Does the Ancient and Illustrious Order Knights of Malta Have to Offer Christian Men Today? and the monthly periodical Malta Bulletin. [1] A female auxiliary organization Ladies of Malta was established in 1896. It merged with the Daughters of Malta and was renamed Dames of Malta in 1902. Its governing body ...
The Knights of Malta had a strong presence within the Imperial Russian Navy and the pre-revolutionary French Navy. When Phillippe de Longvilliers de Poincy was appointed governor of the French colony on Saint Kitts in 1639, he was a prominent Knight of St. John and dressed his retinue with the emblems of the Order.
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).
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM) is a sovereign entity maintaining diplomatic relations with 113 sovereign states (including the Holy See). [1] Additionally, it has observer status or representation at multiple intergovernmental organisations. [2]
Hospitaller Malta, known in Maltese history as the Knights' Period (Maltese: Żmien il-Kavallieri, [3] [4] lit. ' Time of the Knights ' ), was a de facto state which existed between 1530 and 1798 when the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo were ruled by the Order of St. John of Jerusalem .
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta has had Permanent Observer status at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City since 1994. [1] It has also had an observer present at the UN offices in Vienna since 2009. This is a list of individuals who have been the UN Permanent Observer for the Order.