Grand Priory of England
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| LONDON. The installation of Frà Matthew Festing as 55th Grand Prior of England, in the Church of St. Jhon of Jerusalem. The Solemn ceremony was held on 23 June in the presence of numerous civil and religious authorithies, including the italian Ambassador in London, Giacomo Attolico, the Archpishop of Birmingham, Maurice Couve de Mourville, the Nuncio, Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, and rapresentative of the Orders of the Holy Sepulchre, the Constantinian Order and the Order of St. Jhon. During the ceremony the Holy Father sent his Apostolic benediction to the Gran Prior |
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