{"id":22763,"date":"2017-03-08T11:41:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.constantinianorder.net\/?p=22763"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:52:06","slug":"monreale-2017-investiture-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/monreale-2017-investiture-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"MONREALE 2017 \u2013INVESTITURE CEREMONY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22531 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (3)\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monreale &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0 On Saturday, March 4, 2017, the investiture ceremony for the new knights and dames of our Order took place in the Cathedral of Monreale.<\/p>\n<p>The Solemn Pontifical was officiated by the Grand Prior of the Order, His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Proto-Deacon of the Holy Roman Church, concelebrated by the Prior for Sicily, His Most Reverend Excellency Mons. Michele Pennisi, Archbishop of Monreale, and by the Eparch of the Diocese of Piana degli Albanesi, His Most Rev. Excellency Mons. Giorgio Demetrio Gallaro.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place in the presence of H.R.H. Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect, and numerous dignitaries of the Order, including the Delegate for Sicily, Don Lucio Bonaccorsi of the Princes of Reburdone, the Vice Delegate for Sicily, Nob. Antonio di Jani, the Vice Delegate for Tuscany, Edoardo Puccetti, the Vice Delegate for Calabria, Aurelio Badolati. Also present were numerous civilian and military authorities, including the Mayors of Monreale and Barrafranca (EN) and the General of the Carabinieri Legion, Riccardo Galletta.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony Cardinal Martino emphasized the need for the Constantinian knights to be the living symbols of the Christian Cross.\u00a0 According to His Eminence, Lent should be considered as a period of reflection and rediscovery of the true Christian spirit, a spirit \u00a0to be transformed into tangible actions for the benefit of our neighbors,\u00a0 this being the special prerogative of the knights of our sacred order.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the ceremony all present went to the Gala Luncheon held in the Hotel San Paolo Palace of Palermo. During the meal the Mayor of Barrafranca, Fabio Accardi, presented to Princess Beatrice, Grand Prefect, the deliberation of the Municipal Council to dedicate a street to the Blessed Maria Cristina of Bourbon, Queen of the Two Sicilies. \u00a0At the end of the evening, the Grand Prefect, on behalf of the Grand Master Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro,\u00a0 appointed the Vice Delegate for Sicily Antonio di Janni, Knight of Grand Cross of the Royal Order Francis I, rewarding him for his continuous and generous commitment to the needy through the project \u201cCrumbs of Health\u201d and other deserving social, religious and cultural initiatives carried out throughout Sicily.<\/p>\n<p>On the day prior H.R.H. had met with His Most Reverend Eminence Msgr Michele Pennisi, Archbishop of Monreale, to donate a lifesaving electro medical defibrillator for the Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22535 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (13)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-14-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (14)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22536 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (15)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-15-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (15)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22537 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (1)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22539 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (4)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (4)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22540 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (5)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (5)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22542 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (7)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-7-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (7)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22543 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (8)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (8)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22549 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/20170304_164400-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20170304_164400\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22538 size-medium\" title=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-2-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (2)\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-22534 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/constantinianorder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Sacro-Militare-Ordine-Costantiniano-di-San-Giorgio-Investitura-2017-Monreale-13-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio Investitura 2017 Monreale (13)\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monreale &#8211;\u00a0 On Saturday, March 4, 2017, the investiture ceremony for the new knights and dames of our Order took place in the Cathedral of Monreale. The Solemn Pontifical was officiated by the Grand Prior of the Order, His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino, Proto-Deacon of the Holy Roman Church, concelebrated by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delegation-of-sicily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59013,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22763\/revisions\/59013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svil.constantinianorder.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}