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42. Knights of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus inSavoy.

Pope Gregory XIII. having, at the RequeH of Ema-nuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, rellor’d the Order of St.Lazarus, and the Order of St. Maurice, A. D. 1572. andconftituted this Duke Grand Mailer, the fame Year,for their greater Honour, he united them under theTitle of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, and appointed theDukes of Savoy Hereditaries and Mailers, and oblig’dthem to furnilh out two Gallies for the Service of thePapal See, to be employ’d againft Pyrates. Upon thisUnion, the Knights had alfign’d them for Habit aGown of Crimfon Tabby, with wide Sleeves, alongTrain, and edg’d with white Talfaty, and a Cordonwith a Taifel of White and Green fix’d to the Collar.The Badge is, A green Crofs artcree of St. Laurence, plac'dSaltirewife, furmounted with the white Crofs pornelle of St.Maurice, which the Knights wear either in a GoldChain, or any colour’d Ribbon. And the faid Dukefounded for the Knights two fair Convents, one atNice, the other at Turin, and bellow’d on them all theRevenues within his Territories, formerly appertainingto the Order of St. Lazarus. The Dukes of Savoy, asGrand Mailers, uie this Title.

43. Knights of Loretto.

This Order, about the Year 1587. was inflituted bySixtus V. who erefled the Church of our Lady at Lo*retto into a Cathedral apd Bifhop’s See, and gave theKnights for their Enfign, the Image of our Lady ofLoretto, hung in a Gold Chain. This is not quite ex-tinguilh’d.

44. Knights of the Blejfed Virgin Mary of MountCarmel.

Tho’ the Grand Mallerfhip of St. Lazarus, and itsCommandaries in all Dominions, were confirm’d by PopeGregory Xlll. upon the Houfe of Savoy, yet under King

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