Lorenzo Annibale Costantino Nigra,Count of Villa Castelnuovo,was an Italian nobleman,philologist,poet,diplomat,and politician. Among the several positions he held and political and foreign affairs in which he was involved in the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia and Kingdom of Italy,he served as ambassador and was later appointed a member of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy.
Count Luigi Corti,Italian diplomat,was born at Gambarana in the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia. represented Italy at the Congress of Berlin in 1878 together with Edoardo de Launay.
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem,also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre,is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See. The Pope is the sovereign of the order. The order creates canons as well as knights,with the primary mission to "support the Christian presence in the Holy Land". It is an internationally recognised order of chivalry. The order today is estimated to have some 30,000 knights and dames in 60 lieutenancies around the world. The Cardinal Grand Master has been Fernando Filoni since 2019,and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is ex officio the Order's Grand Prior. Its headquarters are situated at the Palazzo Della Rovere and its official church in Sant'Onofrio al Gianicolo,both in Rome,close to Vatican City. In 1994,Pope John Paul II declared the Virgin Mary as the order's patron saint under the title "Blessed Virgin Mary,Queen of Palestine".
Corrado Augias is an Italian journalist,writer and TV host. He was also a member of the European Parliament in 1994–1999 for the Democratic Party of the Left.
Mariano Hugo,Prince of Windisch-Graetz is the current head of the Austrian 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.
Fra' Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto was the Prince and 80th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Born in Rome to a noble family with extensive ties to the Vatican,he completed his studies at the Sapienza University of Rome and taught at the Pontifical Urban University. He joined the Order in 1985 and took full vows in 1993 to become a Knight of Justice. Dalla Torre served two separate stints as interim leader of the Order,from February to March 2008 and again from 2017 until 2018. He was elected Grand Master of the Order on 2 May 2018 and served until his death. During his time in office he endeavoured to repair the Order's relations with the Vatican,which had been strained since Pope Francis ordered his predecessor to resign.
The Italian honours system is a means to reward achievements or service to the Italian Republic,formerly the Kingdom of Italy,including the Italian Social Republic.
The article offers an index of the Grand Magisterium including Grand Masters and the Lieutenancies of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
Alberto Blanc was an Italian diplomat and politician. He was minister of foreign affairs of the Kingdom of Italy from 1893 to 1896. He was ambassador to Italy to the Ottoman Empire from 1886 to 1891,the United States from 1875 to 1880,and Spain from 1870 to 1871 and then again from 1883 to 1887. He was a recipient of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
Giuseppe Manfredi was an Italian professor,jurist,and politician. He was president of the Italian Senate in the early 20th century. Among his honors,he was made Supreme Knight of the Order of the Holy Annunciation on 4 February 1909.
Pierbattista Pizzaballa is an Italian Catholic prelate who has served as Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem since 6 November 2020. A Franciscan friar,he served as Custos of the Holy Land from 2004 to 2016 and as Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate from 2016 to 2020. He was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023.
Agostino Borromeo was an Italian historian and academic who was Lieutenant General of Honor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
Ivan Rebernik is a Slovenian librarian. He is a former Slovenian ambassador to Vatican and Chancellor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.
Laura Mattarella is an Italian lawyer who is the current First Lady of Italy as the first child and the only daughter of President Sergio Mattarella,who has been in office since 2015.
Count Giovanni Gallina was an Italian diplomat and politician. He became a senator on 16 October 1913.
Elena Basile is a former Italian diplomat and author. From 2013 to 2021,she served as ambassador to Sweden and Belgium and in 2023 she left the diplomatic service with the rank of plenipotentiary.
Antonio Chiaramonte Bordonaro was an Italian diplomat.
Stefano Baldi is an Italian ambassador and author. Since January 4,2021,he is the Permanent Representative of Italy to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). From 2016 to 2020,he was the Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Pietro Benassi is an Italian diplomat who served as permanent representative to the European Union from 2021 to 2023. He also served as undersecretary of state for the Delegated Authority for the Security of the Republic in 2021,as ambassador to Germany from 2014 to 2018,and as ambassador to Tunisia from 2009 to 2013.
