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Knight of Grace, Sacred Order of Mary Immaculate (Anniversary Ribbon) For Sale

Knight of Grace, Sacred Order of Mary Immaculate (Anniversary Ribbon)
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Knight of Grace, Sacred Order of Mary Immaculate (Anniversary Ribbon):
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FROM THE PONTIFICAL APOSTOLIC LIBRARY COLLECTION
A NECK CROSS OF A
KNIGHT OF GRACE OF THESACRED ORDER OF MARY IMMACULATE(with 2021 Anniversary ribbon in lighter green.)
Note that the ribbons are loose for mounting. It does not come with a pin or mounting hardware.
(Religious-Dynastic Order of the Stato Pontificio.)
All proceeds go to charity.
About the Sacred Order of Mary Immaculate
Founded A.D. 1270
The Sacred Order of Mary Immaculate is a religious and dynastic chivalric order dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Order descends from the Confraternity of the Most Holy Immacolata (in reference, of course, to Mary Immaculate), founded in Palermo, Sicily in 1270. The Confraternity provided health service and assistance for its members and for pilgrims. It also provided burial services for the poor, as well as requiem masses for all the companions and their families. The Prior of the original Confraternity was Frá Girolama Busà. Other priests at the time that held special sacred offices included Don Vincenzo Carastro and Don Salvatore Virzì.
The early years of the Confraternity included the period of the Sicilian Vespers in which a movement in Sicily succeeded in removing Charles I d\'Anjou, King of Sicily and Naples, replacing him with Peter I as King, a member of the House of Barcelona. Interestingly, Charles I was also descended maternally from the Spanish House of Barcelona. However, there was public opposition in Sicily to rule by the French House of Anjou. Combatants who opposed the Angevins (House of Anjou) During often had a battle cry of \"Viva la SS. Immacolata,\" or \"Long live the Most Holy Immaculata. During the warfare of the Sicilian Vespers, members of the confraternity provided humanitarian assistance to those in need, and the confraternity\'s priests provided the sacraments to those on the point of death.
Later, in the 14th century, the confraternity took on the nature of a chivalric order, and its members became knights. Today, the Sacred Order of Mary Immaculate is one of the ecclesiastical descendents of the original confraternity and order of knights of the Immacolata. Like the original confraternity, the hallmark of the modern knights and dames is hospitality and service to the needs of others.
Knights and Dames must exhibit devotion to the Holy Church and service to others. Candidates are admitted in recognition of proven humanitarian or military service. The order is part of the patrimony of the Anglo-Italian Imperial Patriarchate (Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church) and is under the hereditary leadership of the Etrurian household. The order particularly represents the titular Rhineland territories of the patrimony of the Patriarchate and Southern Italy. The line of the Florentine Archfather and Imperial Patriarch descends from Peter III, King of Aragón, King of Sicily, of the House of Barcelona that ruled in Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers. The Aragón claim was based on the spouse of Peter III, Constance, who was the daughter of Manfred, King of Sicily, 2nd-great-granddaughter of Friedrich I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (House of Hohenstaufen). Constance of Sicily was also 2nd-great-granddaughter of Roger II, King of Sicily, of the Norman House of Altavilla. Today the Florentine Archfather is heir to the House of Barcelona in Imperial Italy.
The order is divided into the ranks of Bailiff Grand Cross, Knight Grand Cross, Commander, and Knight or Dame, with three divisions, Justice, Honor and Service, and Grace, and two classes, civil and ecclesiastical. The Knights and Dames of Devotion are the professed knights and dames of the order. The traditional badge consists of a cross of Saint John, who took the Blessed Virgin as his own mother after the crucifixion, with a gold star in the center for Mary\'s Queenship of Heaven. In between the four points of the cross are gold eagles, taken from the Santa Croce Badge found in the Etrurian and Patriarchal flag, coat of arms, and other symbols. The ribbon is green, representing the Rhineland patrimony of the Imperial Patriarchate, the Electorates of Trier and Mainz, as well as representing health, in reference to the order\'s ancient practice of providing care to those in need.
About the Stato Pontificio
The Stato Pontificio (Pontifical States, sometimes known as the Papal States or States of the Church) were effectively a construct of the Holy Roman Empire. However, territorial claims of the Church as eventual heirs to the Roman Empire date back to the Christian Roman Empire under Constantine the Great. As the Western Roman Empire collapsed, sovereignty passed to the Pope, whose rule was at times actual and at times titular.
The prestige and power of the Stato Pontificio arguably reached its zenith during the Renaissance and Baroque. Later, in 1860, taking advantage of rebellion against Papal rule, Sardegna-Piemonte conquered the eastern two-thirds of the Pontifical States. A new, unified Kingdom of Italy was declared. Rome was declared the capital of the new Kingdom, despite its not actually controlling Rome. In fact, a French garrison protected Pope St. Pius IX until pressure in the Franco-Prussian War resulted in Napoléon III removing his troops. As the Second French Empire collapsed, Rome was left defenseless. After failed diplomatic attempts to take control, King Victor Emmanuel II declared war on the Pope in 1870. The Italian Army invaded the papal territory and advanced toward Rome, which was soon under siege. Pope St. Pius IX ordered the papal armies to put up more than a token resistance for the reason of emphasising that Italy was annexing Rome by force and not consent. After the consequent end of the Stato Pontificio as a functioning temporal state, the Pope refused any measure that attempted to make him a subject of the new Kingdom of Italy. St. Pius IX continued sovereign functions, including diplomatic relations, which are guaranteed by the higher church law as belonging to the papacy. The Lateran Treaty with Italy in 1929 created the now-familiar State of the Vatican City, restoring a small sovereign territory to the Holy See.
Following the fall of the Stato Pontificio, each pope has remained the de jure (titular) sovereign of the Stato Pontificio. From 1929, all popes have been also the de facto sovereigns of the Vatican City. Following Benedict XVI, the titular and historic secular authority of the Stato Pontificio passed to the Anglican Patriarchate (See of St. Stephen, Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church, New Roman Communion) by right of Rome and Florence. The physical boundaries of the See of St. Stephen, as the Coadjutorship of Rome, are coterminous with Diocese of Rome.
The modern titular Stato Pontificio is an ecclesiastical and historic entity and also includes much more territory than the earlier Stato Pontificio, having combined the additional Holy Roman Empire territories that form the patrimony of the Patriarchate. Those historic and titular states include the Kingdom of Etruria (Tuscany), the Imperial Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Westphalia, the Electorates of Würzburg, Trier, and Mainz, the Principality of Reichenberg, the County of Valais, the Merovingian County of Sainte Animie, Patriarchal Spanish Legations in the Americas, and other states with origins in the Holy Roman Empire. Throughout history, the secular physical boundaries of nations within the traditional territories of the Patriarchate and Stato Pontificio have expanded and contracted. However, the Patriarchate and Stato Pontificio remain constant in their historic roles as world community church leaders dedicated to historical preservation, pastoral and diplomatic advocacy, and the spiritual/physical well-being of people.
The personal title of Archfather has common ancient origins with the title of Patriarch and Pope. Patriarchs are found in the Old Testament and eventually among Christian clergy. The title of Pope was used first for the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria and later also for the Bishop of Rome. Today the title of Archfather refers exclusively to the Archfather-Prince of Rome, who holds the titles of Bishop of St. Stephen and Coadjutor of Rome.
The New Roman Communion is defined as the Anglican Patriarchate and the churches of all Bishops recognised by the Patriarchate. It takes its name from the Florentine heritage of the Anglican Patriarchate, with Florence recognised as the second New Rome after Constantinople. Bishops of the New Roman Communion need not be of the Anglican Rite, but may be of any traditional Catholic Rite. Today the Anglican Patriarchate serves as global network of Christian missions. It has a particular focus on chaplaincy service,helping those who are often forgotten, vulnerable, and in need.
For more information, please see:www.statopontificio.org
REIGNING ECCLESIASTICAL GOVERNMENT - TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT IN EXILE
The Anglican Patriarchate (Anglican Rite Roman Catholic Church) is an ecclesiastical sovereignty by right of Rome with an independent government in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Additionally, we descend from the See of Utrecht, which was granted autonomy in 1145 by Pope Eugene III and confirmed in 1520 by Pope Leo X in the Bull Debitum Pastoralis, this right becoming known as the Leonine Privilege. As the sole successor of Pope Leo X and temporal successor of St. Peter the Apostle in Italy and Britain, the Patriarchate is fully Catholic and holds the same canonical authority as the Roman Communion (Vatican). The Patriarchate is the ecclesiastical successor to temporal Rome, the temporal patrimony of the Roman Empire claimed historically by right of the papacy. The succession passed to the Patriarchate after Benedict XVI by right of Rome and Florence, with the Archfather (Bishop of St. Stephen) with papal authority as temporal successor of St. Peter, and the Pope (Bishop of Rome) as spiritual successor of St. Peter and de facto sovereign of the Vatican City-State. Although administratively independent, the See embraces as brethren other Catholic and Anglican bodies, such as the current Roman Communion (commonly referred to as the Roman Catholic Church), the Anglican Ordinariate, and the Anglican Communion. The New Roman Communion is defined as the Anglican Patriarchate and the churches of all Bishops recognised by the Patriarchate.Although administratively independent, the See embraces as brethren other Catholic and Anglican bodies, such as the current Roman Communion (commonly referred to as the Roman Catholic Church), the Anglican Ordinariate, and the Anglican Communion. The New Roman Communion is defined as the Anglican Patriarchate and the churches of all Bishops recognised by the Patriarchate. The governments of the modern republics of Italy, German, France, Switzerland, and the United States, and of the modern kingdoms of Great Britain and Spain, as well as the European Union are not affiliated with the Stato Pontificio government in exile.


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