Angelo de Mojana di Cologna
77th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna (13 August 1905 – 18 January 1988) was an Italian nobleman, and Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1962 to 1988. He was born in Milan and died in Rome.
De Mojana was received as a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Order of Malta on 7 December 1940.[1] He took first vows as a Knight of Justice on 28 March 1950 and made his solemn profession on 1 April 1957.[1] Throughout the 1950s, De Mojana was the principal legal adviser to the Order of Malta in its negotiations with the Sacred Congregation for Religious.[2]
De Mojana was promoted to the rank of Commander of Justice on 1 January 1960, and was given the Commandery Estense Reggiana.[1] He was elected Grand Master on 8 May 1962.[1]
De Mojana made two official visits to France: in November 1964, he was received by President Charles de Gaulle;[3] and on 27 April 1972, he was received at the Élysée Palace by President Georges Pompidou.[4] He made an official visit to Malta in June 1968,[5] and to Gabon in 1972.[6]
De Mojana died of a heart attack at the Palazzo Malta on 18 January 1988.[7]
Postage stamps
| Appearances of Fra' Angelo on postage stamps | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Date of issue | Occasion | Value | Description | |
| Order of Malta | 8 May 1972 | 10th anniversary of election | 20 Grani | Pilgrimage of Fra' Angelo to Lourdes[8] | |
| Order of Malta | 8 May 1972 | 10th anniversary of election | 1 Scudo | Coat-of-arms of Fra' Angelo[8] | |
| Order of Malta | 3 October 1978 | 2 Scudi | Reproduction of 5 Scudi gold coin of 1978 with bust of Fra' Angelo[9] | ||
| Order of Malta | 8 May 1982 | 20th anniversary of election | 2 Scudi | Coat-of-arms of Fra' Angelo[10] | |
| Order of Malta | 8 May 1982 | 20th anniversary of election | 4 Scudi | Coat-of-arms of Fra' Angelo[10] | |
| Order of Malta | 8 May 1987 | 25th anniversary of election | 10 Scudi | Portrait of Fra' Angelo[11] | |
| Order of Malta | 8 May 2012 | 50th anniversary of election | €2,20 | Portrait of Fra' Angelo[12] | |
Honours and awards
Foreign countries
France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Holy See: Grand Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX- Holy See: Knight of the Supreme Order of Christ, 4 July 1987[13] (the last recipient of the order)[14]
Italy: Knight Grand Cross Decorated with the Grand Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 8 October 1962[15]
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Military Order of Christ, 21 September 1967- Portugal: Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry, 2 September 1983
Spain: Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III, 12 July 1965[16]
Dynasties
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: Bailiff Grand Cross with Collar of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George, 10 July 1962
House of Habsburg-Lorraine: Knight of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece, 30 November 1972
House of Romanov: Knight of the Order of St. Andrew, 1963[17]
House of Savoy: Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, 1974- House of Savoy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, 1974
- House of Savoy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, 1974
