Order of Jesus Christ and his Passion
The order of Jesus Christ and his Passion was a German knightly order . The founder was Karl as prince and nephew of the Elector of Saxony Johann Georg . The foundation date was February 7th, 1617. Therefore the ceremonies of the order were carried out every year on February 7th. During Holy Week (Friday and Saturday) the knights were obliged to worship.
How long the order existed is unknown.
Order decoration
The order decoration was a neck order .
A large gold medallion hung from a ribbon of blue watered order that was placed around the neck. In the middle of it was the image of the Savior . On the mantle of the Knights was either a white cross made of batiste or white-silver embroidered cross, also was on the image of the Savior.
literature
- Hermann Julius Meyer: New conversation lexicon for all stands. Volume 12, Verlag des Bibliografisches Institut, Hildburghausen / New York 1859, p. 269
- Ferdinand von Biedenfeld: History and constitution of all spiritual and secular, extinct and prosperous orders of knights. Volume 1, Verlag Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1841
- Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Floerken, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia. Volume 125, Joachim Pauli, Berlin 1810, p. 527
- Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber: General encyclopedia of the sciences and arts. Part 15, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1838, p. 476