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Annunciation Monastery, Sestri Levante. The Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (OMHA) [1] (Latin: Ordo Sanctissimae Annuntiationis), also known as the Turchine or Blue Nuns, as well as the Celestine Nuns, is a Roman Catholic religious order of contemplative nuns formed at Genoa, Italy, by Blessed Maria Vittoria De Fornari Strata in honour of the mystery of the Incarnation of Christ.
The Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (Italian: Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata) is a Catholic order of chivalry, originating in Savoy.It eventually was the pinnacle of the honours system in the Kingdom of Italy, which ceased to be a national order when the kingdom became a republic in 1946.
The Order of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Latin: Ordo de Annuntiatione Beatæ Mariæ Virginis), also known as Sisters of the Annunciation or Annonciades, is an enclosed religious order of contemplative nuns founded in honor of the Annunciation in 1501 at Bourges by Joan de Valois, also known as Joan of France, daughter of King Louis XI of France, and wife of Louis, the Duke of ...
Order of Sant Jordi d'Alfama; Order of the Band; Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Order of the Dove; Order of the Faith and Peace; Order of the Jar; Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation; Order of the Reason
Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation was a military order instituted in 1350 by Duke Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, the first called the Order of the True Lover's Knots in memory of a bracelet of hair presented to the founder by a lady, but upon the election of Amadeus VIII to the pontificate in 1439, it changed its name for that of the Annunciation of angel Gabriel
The Collar Badge of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, the oldest grand collar still being worn by Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy. The first of the Orders of Knighthood were the military orders of crusaders who used red, green or black crosses of velvet on their mantles, to distinguish their brotherhoods. Later the members of ...
A Catholic order liturgical rite is a variant of a Catholic liturgical rite distinct from the typical ones, such as the Roman Rite, but instead specific to a certain Catholic religious order. Catholic order liturgical rites exist as variants of both Latin liturgical rites and Eastern liturgical rites , that is of both the Latin Church and the ...
Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, founded by Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy in 1362. Order of the Ermine, founded by John V, Duke of Brittany in 1381: First order to accept Women. Order of the Ship, founded by Charles III of Naples on 1 December 1381 Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund, as king of Hungary in 1408.