Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna

Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna (13 August 1905, Milan, Italy – 18 January 1988, Rome, Italy) was an Italian nobleman and Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1962 to 1988.

De Mojana was received as a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Order of Malta 7 December 1940.[1] He took first vows as a Knight of Justice 28 March 1950 and made his solemn profession 1 April 1957.[1] Throughout the 1950s De Mojana was the principal legal advisor to the Order of Malta in its negotiations with the Sacred Congregation for Religious.[2]

De Mojana was promoted to the rank of Commander of Justice 1 January 1960 and was given the Commandery Estense Reggiana.[1] He was elected Grand Master 8 May 1962.[1]

De Mojana made two official visits to France. In November 1964 he was received by President Charles de Gaulle.[3] On 27 April 1972 he was received at the Élysée Palace by President Georges Pompidou.[4] He made an official visit to Malta in June 1968.[5] He made an official visit to Gabon in 1972.[6]

De Mojana died of a heart attack at the Palazzo Malta 18 January 1988.[7]

Postage stamps

Appearances of Fra' Angelo on Postage Stamps
State Date of issue Occasion Value Description
Order of Malta 1972-05-08 10th anniversary of election 20 Grani Pilgrimage of Fra' Angelo to Lourdes[8]
Order of Malta 1972-05-08 10th anniversary of election 1 Scudo Coat-of-arms of Fra' Angelo[8]
Order of Malta 1978-10-03 2 Scudi Reproduction of 5 Scudi gold coin of 1978 with bust of Fra' Angelo[9]
Order of Malta 1982-05-08 20th anniversary of election 2 Scudi Coat-of-arms of Fra' Angelo[10]
Order of Malta 1982-05-08 20th anniversary of election 4 Scudi Coat-of-arms of Fra' Angelo[10]
Order of Malta 1987-05-08 25th anniversary of election 10 Scudi Portrait of Fra' Angelo[11]
Order of Malta 2012-05-08 50th anniversary of election €2,20 Portrait of Fra' Angelo[12]

Honours and awards

Foreign countries

Dynasties

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ruolo Generale, 1986. Roma: Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni Di Gerusalemme di Rodi e di Malta. p. xiii.
  2. ↑ Sire, H.J.A. (1994). The Knights of Malta. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. p. 262. ISBN 0300055021.
  3. ↑ "Le Grand Maitre de l'Ordre de Malte à Arles". Le Monde. Paris. 13 November 1964. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "M. Pompidou Rend Hommage à l'Ordre de Malte". Le Monde. Paris. 29 April 1972. p. 7.
  5. ↑ Visit to Malta by His Most Eminent Highness, the Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, Fra' Angelo de Mojana, Thursday, 13th June to Monday, 17th June 1968. Valletta. 1968.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ "L'Ordre de Malte aide à lutter contre la lèpre". Le Monde. Paris. 31 January 1981.
  7. ↑ "Angelo de Mojana, 82; Led Knights of Malta". The New York Times. New York. 19 January 1988. pp. D23.
  8. 1 2 "Emissione 17 – Decennale elezione S.A. Em.Ma il Principe e Gran Maestro Fra' Angelo De Mojana". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Emissione 44 – Monete 2ª". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  10. 1 2 "Emissione 65 – Ventennale elezione S.A. Em.Ma Fra' Angelo De Mojana Principe e Gran Maestro del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Emissione 109 – XXV Anniversario dell'elezione Di S.A. Em.Ma Fra' Angelo De Mojana Di Cologna, Principe e Gran Maestro del Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta (1962-1987)". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Emissione 431 – L Anniversario elezione del Gran Maestro Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna". orderofmalta.int. Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Diarium Romanae Curiae" (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis. Vol. 79. Vatican. 6 August 1987. p. 1133.
  14. ↑ Peter Bander van Duren, Orders of Knighthood and of Merit (London: C. Smythe, 1995), pp. 9–10.
  15. ↑ "De Mojana de Cologna S.A.E. Fra' Angelo decorato di Gran Cordone". quirinale.it. Presidenza della Repubblica. 8 October 1962. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Decreto 2277/1965, de 12 de julio, por el que se concede la Gran Cruz de la Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III a Su Alteza Eminentísima Fra Angelo Mojana di Cologna". boe.es. Boletín Oficial del Estado. 12 July 1965. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  17. ↑ "An Official Statement from the Chancellery of the Head of the Russian Imperial House, H.I.H. the Grand Duchess Maria of Russia, on the activities of organizations which falsely refer to themselves as the "Order of Malta"". imperialhouse.ru. House of Romanov. Retrieved 2 July 2022.


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