![]() Nicholas, attributed to Charles III, King of Naples, 1382. Louis was supposed to have founded on the eve of the crusade to Tunis where he died (1270), nor of that of the Argonauts of St. Michael, attributed to King Alfonso I of Portugal (1176), nor of the Order of the Ship, which St. No trace is to be found in the "Bullarium romanum" of the order called the Wing of St. As a matter of fact, more than one rule of this kind, scarcely passing beyond the initial stages, has existed, and such are the orders which may be designated stillborn. Orders of knighthood lacking this official recognition should be expunged from history, even though they figure in the pages of all the old historians of the military orders. This supposes recognition on the part of both Church and State to belong to the regular clergy, they needed the pope's confirmation they could not wear the sword of knighthood without the authorization of the prince. Stillborn military ordersĪ regular order of knighthood means a brotherhood or confraternity which combines with the insignia of knighthood the privileges of monks. Anthony of Ethiopia, an imposture almost immediately unmasked by another Oriental, the learned Abraham Echelensis (1646).Īt the court of Louis XIV, a negro brought to France from the Gold Coast posed as a prince, even securing the honour of being baptised by Bossuet (1686), and instituted the Order of the Star of Our Lady before returning to his alleged dominions. In 1632, Balthasar Giron, who called himself an Abyssinian, brought to Europe an order no less ancient, that of St. George, which he pretended to trace to Constantine the Great. In the seventeenth century Marino Caraccioli (1624), a Neapolitan nobleman, succeeded in passing himself off as Grand Master of the Order of Knights of St. Hence came a whole category of orders justly considered apocryphal. Apocryphal military ordersĮven private individuals entered into the business adventurers attempted to exploit the vanity of the noblesse by sham insignia of knighthood with which they decked themselves, and which they distributed among their dupes lavishly though not gratuitously. Royalty afterwards utilized this new idea to strengthen its own position or to reward faithful nobles, creating secular orders of knighthood until there was no country without its royal or princely order. This great number is explained by the eagerness with which the Middle Ages welcomed an institution so thoroughly corresponding to the two occupations of that period, war and religion. Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as religious, historians of the military orders have enumerated as many as a hundred, even after eliminating the apocryphal and stillborn. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99. ![]() #Breast star order of constantine the great full#Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. ![]()
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