Giovanni Battista Tommasi
73. Grand Master
Giovanni Battista Tommasi
Grandmaster coat of arms of Giovanni Battista Tommasi
Giovanni Battista Tommasi de Cortona (born October 6, 1731 in Italy , † June 13, 1805 in Catania in Sicily , Italy) was the 73rd Grand Master of the Order of Malta from February 9, 1803 until his death (1805) .
Tommasi was the last Grand Master of the Order recognized by the Pope for 75 years .
During his brief reign, the order, expelled from Malta in 1798, was in exile in Messina until February 1804 , then in Catania. Only after his death did the order - led by a Luogotenente del magisterio (governor of the Grand Magisterium) for 75 years - move its exile to Rome for the next 21 years , then to Ferrara in 1826 , and then to settle in Rome from 1834.
Web links
- http://www.aragon10.free-online.co.uk/grandmasters/Tommasi.html
- http://www.smom-za.org/grandmasters/73.htm
- The 79 Grand Masters ( Memento from December 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paul of Russia |
Grand Master of the Order of Malta 1803–1805 |
Johann Baptist Ceschi a Santa Croce |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tommasi, Giovanni Battista |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tommasi de Cortona, Giovanni Battista (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Grand Master of the Order of Malta |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1731 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1805 |
| Place of death | Catania in Sicily , Italy |