Christopher Tostrup pause
Christopher Tostrup Paus (born September 10, 1862 in Christiania , Norway ; † September 10, 1943 in Skodsborg , Denmark ) (also: de Paus ) was a Norwegian papal chamberlain , count , landowner , philanthropist , art collector and one of the main heirs of the Tostrup timber company & Mathiesen, one of Norway's largest companies. After his conversion to the Catholic Church, he was taken over by Pope Benedict XV.appointed as secret chamberlain with sword and cloak ( Cameriere Segreto di Spada e Cappa ) and by Popes Pius XI. and Pius XII. reappointed. He was in 1923 by Pius XI. raised to the rank of count. He lived partly in Rome and partly in Sweden and Denmark, where he owned the Trystorp and Herresta estates and the Magleås manor . He is buried on Vår Frelsers Gravlund .
He belonged to the Paus patrician family . His father, major and war commissioner Johan Altenborg Paus (1833-1894), was cousin Henrik Ibsen .
Honors (selection)
- Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta
- Grand Cross of the Order of Constantine
- Grand Cross of the Order of Gregory
- Commander of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
- Knight of the Order of Pius
- Commander with the Star of the Order of the Falcons
- Commander of the Saint Olav Order
- Commander of the Order of Dannebrog
- Commander of the Vasa Order
- Knight I. Class of the Finnish Order of the White Rose
literature
- Biography in Hvem er Hvem? (Eds. Christopher Brinchmann, Hjalmar Steenstrup), Aschehoug, 1934
- Gerber, Tage von (1924): "de Paus". In: Sveriges ointroducerade nobility calendar 1925 . Malmö: Sveriges Ointroducerade Adels Förening.
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| SURNAME | Paus, Christopher Tostrup |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian papal chamberlain, count, landowner, philanthropist and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christiania , Norway |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 10, 1943 |
| Place of death | Skodsborg , Denmark |