The Collegio Araldico-Cavalleresco Signum Aureum (The Heraldic-Chivalric College of the Golden Symbol) was founded in Ancona on the initiative of His Excellency Consul Prof. Dr. Maurizio Marchetti Morganti, member of an ancient noble family and Honorary Consul of the Republic of El Salvador to the Italian Republic and Honorary General Consul of the same Republic to the Republic of San Marino. He was assisted by other friends, upright men who fear God and respect the laws of their Country.

The College was founded under the auspices, gratitude, and heartfelt encouragement of Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa. He is now Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Guardian of Holy Mount Zion and of the Most Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins since 2020.

The College believes in supporting the memory and studying the history of the Holy Places and the Chivalric Orders that originated in these places. It endorses the values ​​and rules of Chivalry, Culture and Volunteering and is active in cultural exchanges with other organizations that pursue similar cultural and religious goals.

The College promotes Heraldry and, more generally, the historical period known as the Middle Ages, in all its historical, economic, cultural, religious and diplomatic expressions.

The College has entered into mutual agreements of friendship, twinning, accreditation and partnership as follows:

The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi

The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum