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Sovereign Council Of The Order Of Malta
The Sovereign Council is the primary government body of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta which deals with the Order's regular business between the meetings of the Chapter General which occur every five years. Its powers and responsibilities are defined in the Order's Constitutional Charter and Code. It meets at least six times each year. Membership The Sovereign Council is made up of the following members: : 1.The Grand Master, or the Lieutenant : 2. The holders of the four High Charges :: a. The Grand Commander :: b. The Grand Chancellor :: c. The Grand Hospitaller :: d. The Receiver of the Common Treasure : 3. Five members of the Council of the Professed : 4. Four members elected by the Chapter General from the members of the Order of the First and Second Classes. The Grand Commander is the chief religious officer of the Order and serves as Lieutenant "ad interim" during a vacancy in the office of Grand Master. The Grand Chancellor is the head of the executive branch; he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sovereign Military Order Of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; la, Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis), commonly known as the Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature. Though it possesses no territory, the order is often considered a sovereign entity of international law, as it maintains diplomatic relations with many countries. The Order claims continuity with the Knights Hospitaller, a chivalric order that was founded about 1099 by the Blessed Gerard in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The order is led by an elected prince and grand master. Its motto is (''defence of the faith and assistance to the poor''). The Order venerates the Virgin Mary as its patrone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. Francis is the first pope to be a member of the Society of Jesus, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since Gregory III, a Syrian who reigned in the 8th century. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer and a janitor as a young man before training to be a chemist and working as a technician in a food science laboratory. After recovering from a severe illness, he was inspired to join the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1958. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John T
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuel Rousseau
Emmanuel-Frédéric-Gérard Rousseau (also known as Fra' Emmanuel Rousseau as a member of the of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta; born 30 June 1969) is a French archivist. Life Rousseau is born in Nancy in 1969 as the son of Claude Rousseau, an engineer and an officer of the Order of Leopold II of Belgium. He made his solemn vows as a full Knight of Justice on 11 May 2011 at the church Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Hongrie in Paris. A Knight Grand Cross of Justice, he was elected to a five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council in May 2014. He was elected to a second five-year term as a member of the Sovereign Council in May 2019. Rousseau is curator of the Magistral Libraries and Archives and Vice-President of the (French) ''Académie historique de l'Ordre de Malte''. Rousseau is President of the Historical Commission for the beatification of Empress Zita of Austria. On 3 September 2022, Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Viazzo
Fra' Roberto Viazzo (born October 29, 1952)"Curriculum Vitae: Viazzo Roberto" Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Vercelli. is an Italian medical doctor and a member of the of the . Career Viazzo is the head of the Anesthesia, Resuscitation, and Pain Therapy Section at the Azienda Sanitaria Locale di Vercelli. He is President of the |
John Eidinow
Fra' John Eidinow is the Presiding Fellow at St. Benet's Hall, Oxford, a barrister, and a Knight of Justice of the Order of Malta. Early life Eidinow was born and raised in London. Academic career Eidinow read Classics at Merton College, Oxford, and received the degree Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. In January 1992 he was appointed to a lecturership in Classics at Merton College where he was later elected a Bodley Fellow. Since 2003 he has been Director of Studies in Classics at St. Benet's Hall. In 2004 he was named a Fellow of St. Benet's. He is also Dean and Keeper of the Statutes at Merton College. His research is mostly about the Roman poet Horace, although he has also written about Ovid and Virgil . He was formerly Honorary Secretary of the Horatian Society. Eidinow has a Graduate Diploma in Law from City, University of London. He is a barrister of the Middle Temple and a member of New Square Chambers. Sovereign Military Order of Malta In 2011 Eidinow fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Hugo, Prince Of Windisch-Graetz
Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz (German: ''Mariano Hugo Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz'', Italian: ''Principe Mariano Ugo di Windisch-Graetz''; born 27 July 1955) is the current head of the Austrian''Les Manuscrits du CEDRE V, Le Royaume d'Italie I. Cercle d'Etudes des Dynasties Royales Europėennes'' (CEDRE), Paris, 1992, pp. 196–197 House of Windisch-Graetz. He is currently a member of the Grand Magisterium of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. A former ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Slovakia, he is also currently the Order's ambassador to Slovenia. He also sits on the council of the Dynastic orders of knighthood for the Royal House of Savoy. Upbringing and family Windisch-Graetz was born at Trieste as the elder son of Maximilian Antonius, Prince of Windisch-Graetz and Donna Maria Luisa "Marilise" Serra di Gerace. His mother was the legitimatised daughter of Gian Battista Serra, 12th Prince of Gerace and ''Donna'' Maria G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
