Paolo Enrico Massimo Lancellotti

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Principe (Prince) Paolo Enrico Massimo Lancellotti, Principe di Prossedi (born June 9, 1911 at Merode Castle , Merode , Germany ; † October 18, 2004 in Rome ) was an Italian diplomat . He was general governor of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

family

Paolo Enrico was the first of four children from the marriage of Luigi Massimo Lancellotti (1881–1968), Prince of Prossedi , with Marie-Nathalie de Merode (1884–1973). On October 29, 1947, Paolo Enrico married Oretta Anna Maria dei Marchese Sacchetti (* 1923), the daughter of Giovanni Battista Sacchetti , Marchese di Castelromani, and Matilda Lante della Rovere in Rome ; the marriage had four children.

The family seat is the Palazzo Massimo Lancellotti ( Palazzo Lancelotti-Torres ) built in 1542 on Piazza Navona in Rome.

Life

Paolo Enrico Massimo Lancellotti received a doctorate in law and entered the diplomatic service. He was Consul of Italy in Tunis and Embassy Secretary in Brussels . He was Italy's ambassador to the Holy See , later appointed honorary ambassador of Italy.

Massimo Lancellotti was Gentiluomo della Sua Santitá ( Chamberlain of His Holiness), a high-ranking member of the Papal House, and was present at all papal ceremonies alongside Prince Colonna and Orsini. He was the last bearer of an award for special faithfulness reserved for Catholic queens, the Golden Rose. (Niccolò Del Re, Vatikanlexikon, German adaptation Elmar Borfeld, Augsburg: Pattloch, 1998, ISBN 3-629-00815-1 ).

Cardinal Grand Master Giuseppe Caprio appointed him Governor General of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . Cardinal Grand Master Carlo Furno appointed him general governor of the Knightly Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in 1995 . In 1995 he was able to obtain his doctorate from the Belgian King Albert II as a collar knight of the order; Paola of Belgium was already the collar lady of the order. Crown Prince Philippe was made a Grand Cross Knight. Massimo Lancellotti himself was a collar knight of the order.

honors and awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Heirs of Europe ( English ) Retrieved on 4 July 2016th
  2. ^ Palazzo Massimo Lancellotti ( English ) Roma Interactive. Archived from the original on July 8, 2013.
  3. ^ "L'Attività della Santa Sede", Tipografia poliglotta vaticana, 1963
  4. ^ Stephen S. Taylor, Ludwig Melsheimer: "Who's who in the Catholic world, Volume 1", Intercontinental Book and Pub. Co. 1967, p. 419
  5. ^ "L'Intermédiaire des chercheurs et curieux, editions 629-639", 1964, p. 446
  6. ↑ Il Gran Magistero dell'Ordine ( Italian ) Vatican . Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  7. ^ The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem ( English ) chivalricorders.org. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012.
  8. ^ The Belgian Lieutenancy . holysepulchre.be. Archived from the original on May 16, 2006. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  9. ^ Massimo Lancellotti di Prossedi Min. Plen. 2 ° Cl. Paolo Enrico ( Italian ) Presidenza della Repubblica. June 2, 1972. Retrieved July 4, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Massimo Lancellotti, Paolo Enrico
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Massimo Lancellotti Principe di Prossedi, Paolo Enrico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian diplomat and ambassador; General Governor of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Merode Castle , Merode , Germany
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 2004
Place of death Rome