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The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great (Latin: Ordo Sancti Gregorii Magni; Italian: Ordine di San Gregorio Magno) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. [1] The order is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See.
The fourth highest Papal order is the Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great. Pope Gregory XVI established the order on 1 September 1831 by the Papal brief Quod summis. It is awarded in four classes, with military and civil divisions. It was initially founded to reward meritorious civic or military service to the Papal States. [3]
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great (84 P) Pages in category "Knights of St. Gregory the Great" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total.
Pages in category "Knights Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great" The following 98 pages are in this category, out of 98 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Knights of St. Gregory the Great (3 C, 136 P) C. ... Pages in category "Order of St. Gregory the Great" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The papal nobility are the aristocracy of the Holy See, ... Pope Pius X named New York City builder John D. Crimmons a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
In 1970 he was made a Papal Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great. [5] He died in 1993. [2] The organ was silent at his funeral, at his request, to make way for Gregorian chant of which he had grown fond following his conversion to Catholicism. His son was the distinguished architectural historian Kerry Downes (1930-2019). [6]
Hyde was named a Papal Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006, in recognition of his longtime support for political issues important to the Roman Catholic Church. Presidential Medal of Freedom