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No, it's not a dumb question. I came here to ask precisely the same question, because I've just been looking at
Gilbert Levine's article, where he's now apparently known as "Sir Gilbert Levine" because of a papal knighthood. There are various external links that use the same title. I have to say these sound very odd to me. I've never previously heard of a papal knight being referred to as "Sir". --
JackofOz04:07, 24 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Update. There's a discussion at
Talk:Gilbert Levine about the fact that he's become known as "Sir Gilbert Levine". Some of us are trying to make the point that papal knighthoods do not carry any such pro-nominal title; while others are arguing that Benedict XVI has spoken and his word is law. If anyone can help settle the issue, please come over and join us. --
JackofOz (
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07:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)reply
No, Gilbert Levine can be "knight" or "chevalier", but he cannot be "Sir" because only Queen of UK can make from "ordinary" man "Sir". Pope dońt have power to ennoble somebody in UK without consent of the Queen and vice versa, the Queen don't have power to ordain bishop. Yes, pope can ennoble in Rome anybody and the Queen appoints bishops, but there is difference. Yopie 11:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC) —Preceding
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Yopie is correct in that a Papal knighthood does not allow an individual to be called "Sir." However it is not because the Pope does not possess such power but merely that most European countries and the Vatican perfer to use the term "Chevalier." Indeed, the title of "Sir" is used mainly in Great Britain relating to knighthoods given by the Queen. However, fellow knights in addressing each other (example the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem) often use the title of Sir. This means John Smith is referred to as Sir John Smith. This again is only used in private correspondences between knights.
Royalhistorian (
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05:49, 25 February 2012 (UTC)reply
Any sovereign entity, especially such a legitimate one as the Vatican, can bestow titles, and by definition, they are knights, however by the nature of the order per the vatican website "is to serve the Catholic Church...the Order is not to become a member of a prestigious organisation in order to boast of one’s status or acquire personal benefits and advantages." They would be rarely seen outside of a sanctioned function and only display the emblem when acting in an official capacity. — Preceding
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05:25, 11 January 2013 (UTC)reply
A minor correction might be required
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
Main article: Order of the Holy Sepulchre
'In 1907 Pope Pius X reserved the post of Grand Master for the Pope, thus giving the Order the status of a papal order. However, in 1949, he decreed that the Grand Master would be a cardinal appointed by the Pope and serving during the Pope's pleasure or until such time as the cardinal may wish to lay down this office.'
This article was flagged as a copyright problem on April 4. Checking verifies that the content was entered into Wikipedia without any indication of permission in 2005,
here. It was merged into this article
here. It was published on the internet a full eight years prior to its placement here. (
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I have not personally seen an article with this many problems recover without mass deletion of material or a total rewrite. I took the version of the article that it would have to be reverted back to
[2] as the start of a lead. I then took the format of the problem version to use as a framework for rewrite. The work in progress rewrite version is found here: Talk:Papal Orders of Chivalry/Temp.
Thank you! Beautifully done. At this point, it was pretty much just a matter of waiting for the listing to come up at
WP:CP. We have a bit of a backlog due to a shortage of admins working in the area. I've put your version in the article and deleted the copyvio in history. --
Moonriddengirl(talk)11:08, 24 April 2012 (UTC)reply
1. Well written?: Not well written. Redundant usage, confusing wording and main subject is lost. Major focus issues in prose.
2. Factually accurate?: There appears to be an issue with the title of the page itself, referring to this as Papal Orders of Chivalry. It appears no RS can support this naming. These are refered to simply as papal decorations, papal orders etc, but the title of this page is innacurate and could be OR in itself. Large, major chunks of the article are unreferenced.
3. Broad in coverage?: The article lacks breadth of coverage in general. There is a wealth of information and this seems to be almost narrow in direction and yet it loses focus completely in regards to explaining what a papal order is or is for. The article says who gives it, when he gives it and who gets it, but just not why the person recieves it and what it is for. This is in the sources but disregarded in this article.
4. Neutral point of view?: Not neutral. Emphasis on contemporary Vatican perception.
5. Article stability?: No edits since July 20, 2012.
6. Images?: fail. The images are not being maintained or looked at close enough. I fixed the redlink at commons for the deleted page that was linked as the first page for background information on the SVG file on the Feature image but File:Gregoriusorden.jpg needs a summary, source and author information. Too much needed to pass on images.
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Maybe parts of both articles can be merged into a new article
Catholic chivalric orders. The information would not be lost and context can be provided as well (history, papal approval, obeyence, different branches, ...). Furthermore, such an article could rely on the works of Bander van Duren and might get very extensive.
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07:12, 15 July 2019 (UTC)reply