New Year's Order

New Year's Order
Awarded by the Pope
Art	Order of knights
Awarded for	Services to the Catholic Church
status	is awarded
Data
Foundation year	October 31, 1841
Benefactor	Gregory XVI.
Precedence
Next higher award	Order of Gregorius
Next lower award	Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice

The Order of the Holy Pope Silvester (short New Years Eve ; Latin Ordo Sancti Silvestri Papae ) is a papal order for services to the Roman Catholic Church and the Catholic faith. It is awarded indirectly by the Pope to lay people .

history

Today's New Year's Eve was established on October 31, 1841 with the Breve Quod hominum mentes by Pope Gregory XVI. founded, which connected this with the older Order of the Golden Spur .

With the Breve Multum ad excitandos , Pius X reformed the papal religious system on February 7, 1905 and separated the New Year's Order from the Order of the Golden Spur.

Pope John Paul II introduced today's religious classes on June 2, 1993. Since 1993, the New Year's Order can also be awarded to women.

Order classes

The religious classes under Gregory XVI. of October 31, 1841:

• Commander
• Knight

The religious classes under Pius X on February 7, 1905:

• Grand Cross Knight
• Commander with a star
• Commander
• Knight

Today's religious classes for women and men according to John Paul II of June 2, 1993:

• Grand Cross Knight (Cavaliere di Gran Croce) and Grand Cross Lady (Dama di Gran Croce)
• Commander with Star (Commendatore con Placca) and Commander-Lady with Star (Dama di Commenda con Placca)
• Commander (Commendatore)
• Knight (Cavaliere) and Lady (Dama)

Order decoration

The insignia of the New Year's Eve are based on those of the Order of the Golden Spur . The badge shows the image of Pope Saint Silvester I (314–335) with the inscription SANC on an eight-pointed, golden-white enameled cross . SYLVESTER PM . The golden spur on the lower cross arm, a reference to the corresponding order, was omitted with the reform of 1905.

The current ribbon is black with three fine red lines.

The uniform consists of a black tailcoat with an open front and gold embroidery as well as a collar and lapels made of black velvet , a bicorn and a sword .

Knight / lady	Commander Knight / Lady	Commander knight / lady with star	Grand Cross Knight / Lady

gallery

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  Knight's Cross of the New Year's Order

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  Commander's Cross of the New Year's Order

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  Star of the Grand Commander of the New Year's Eve

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  Cross and star of the Grand Commander

See also

• List of papal orders and decorations
• List of carriers of the New Year's Order

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hyginus Eugene Cardinale: Orders of knighthood awards and the Holy See. 3rd edition, van Duren, Gerrards Cross 1985.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Friedrich Marquis Guigue de Champvans de Farémont: History and legislation of the orders of knights, decorations and medals of the Holy See according to official sources. Ed. By the Institut historique et hèraldique de France, Paris 1932, p. 13.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} ORDINE di SAN SILVESTRO PAPA . Retrieved April 5, 2012.
4. ↑ Norbert Göckener: What are papal honorary titles? . Retrieved February 18, 2018.
5. ↑ Actes de Saint Pie X Encycliques, Motu Proprio, Brefs, Allocutions. Paris, ca.1915, volume 2, p. 16.
6. ↑ Friedrich Marquis Guigue de Champvans de Farémont: History and legislation of the orders of knights, decorations and medals of the Holy See according to official sources. Edited by the Institut historique et hèraldique de France, Paris 1932, p. 14.
7. ↑ Friedrich Marquis Guigue de Champvans de Farémont: History and legislation of the orders of knights, decorations and medals of the Holy See according to official sources. Ed. By the Institut historique et hèraldique de France, Paris 1932, p. 15.