Christmas 2025
The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and its dependent communions wish everyone a very happy Christmas.
Treaty with the Gran Commenda dei Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme
The Grand Commandery of Saints John and Lazarus of Jerusalem (Gran Commenda dei Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme) headquartered in Milan, Italy, has entered into a mutual treaty of full partnership, friendship, collaboration, accreditation and recognition with The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Orthodox Order of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem.
The Grand Commandery was formed in 2019 by the union of several international commanderies in the chivalric traditions of St John and St Lazarus. These included some who were already under the protection of Prince Don Hugo José Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople. They have continued under Prince Hugo José’s successor Prince Ezra.
The Grand Commandery is under the temporal protection of the Imperial House of Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople and has received the spiritual blessing of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, in addition to having the official recognition of Syrian institutions.
The Grand Commandery is committed to the noble mission of supporting persecuted Christians in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Palestine.
Partnerships with Aracne Editrice, Aracne TV, La Bussola Edizioni and Prof. Dr. Gioacchino Onorati
A number of organizations under the auspices of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi have received Diplomas of Cultural Merits from the publishing houses Aracne Editrice, La Bussola Edizioni and Aracne TV, based in Rome, Italy, and their founder Prof. Dr Gioacchino Onorati. A mutual relationship of recognition exists with these bodies.
The Apostolic Episcopal Church
The Byelorussian Patriarchate of St Andrew the First-Called Apostle
The Ecclesia Apostolica Divinorum Mysteriorum
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Anglican Association of Colleges and Schools
The Order of the Crown of Thorns is listed in a reference work by the Consiglio Araldico Italiano
The Order of the Crown of Thorns is listed in the reference work “Repertorio Iconografico degli Ordini Cavellereschi” by Don Francesco Alfredo Maria prof. Mariano duca d’Otranto, published by the Consiglio Araldico Italiano – Istituto Marchese Vittorio Spreti in 2003. This institution was founded in Turin in 1948.
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Death of Count Carl Lemke
Count Lemke wearing the tie of San Luigi
The Abbey-Principality extends its sincere condolences upon the death of Count Carl Lemke of Texas, USA. Count Lemke was born at Little Rock, Arkansas, on 24 October 1951. He was a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thorns and the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross, and further held office in the Royal Byelorussian Orders. In 2014, the Prince-Abbot of San Luigi conferred on him the hereditary title of Count and granted him arms. He was also a Fellow of the Institute of Arts and Letters (London) and received the Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies.
Count Lemke was an exceptionally skilled craftsman and established Unique Regalia, a manufacturer of chivalric insignia. He was appointed by warrant as official insignia maker to San Luigi and Royal Belarus and many members of our Orders can testify to the high quality of his work. His son Joseph, who is also a member of the San Luigi Orders and now succeeds to his father’s title of Count, assisted him in this thriving business. Both father and son were veterans of the United States military.
The Grand Collar of San Luigi, made by Count Lemke.
Count Lemke was a much valued correspondent and friend of the Prince-Abbot and his humane outlook was evident when speaking of his family and that of the Prince-Abbot. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
Charter to the Ancient Apostolic Catholic Church
The Prince-Abbot of San Luigi in his capacity as Catholicos of the West has issued a Charter upon the petition of the Ancient Apostolic Catholic Church under the leadership of Primate and Presiding Archbishop Felix Gibbins OSB Cam. The Charter establishes the AACC as a canonically valid denomination. The AACC is fully autonomous and under the terms of the Charter has been released from the jurisdiction of the Catholicate of the West. We wish all who are part of this new church every blessing as it commences ministry.
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse and the Institute of Arts and Letters (London) enter into partnerships with the Imperial and Royal House of Leopardi of Constantinople
The Abbey-Principality has enjoyed a long association with the Imperial House of Tommassini-Paterno Leopardi of Constantinople, which is currently based in exile in Milan, Italy. Several institutions of the Imperial House have entered into a mutual full agreement of friendship, recognition, twinning, accreditation and partnership with the University’s dependent institutions The International College of Arms of the Noblesse and The Institute of Arts and Letters (London).
Nobile Accademia Heracliana
International College of Arms of the Noblesse
Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
Nobile Accademia Giustinianae
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
Accademia Costantiniana Leopardiana
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Serenissima Accademia Foscari Widmann Rezzonico
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
Archivio Storico (Historical File)
The International College of Arms of the Noblesse
The Institute of Arts and Letters (London)
The Abbey-Principality of San Luigi 
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