San Luigi Gazette Notice 2012/16

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BLAZON OF THE ARMS OF THE ABBEY-PRINCIPALITY

A new blazon of the arms of the Abbey-Principality has recently been prepared. The Arms of the Abbey-Principality were first registered under Prince-Abbot Edmond I at the Polish Heraldic College at Warsaw in 1923 and subsequently with the American Heraldic College.

Quarterly azure and gules; 1st and 4th: the device of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi as recorded from its foundation in 1883; 2nd and 3rd: a crowned lion rampant or holding an axe in sinister chief a star sable.

The arms are surmounted by a princely coronet or and surrounded by a blue, gold and ermine great mantle surmounted by a royal crown.

Motto: Quid Non Deo Juvante – What can we not do with God’s aid.

Two members of the Abbey-Principality installed as Chaplains of the Order of St John

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A service of investiture for the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller (British Association of the Russian Grand Priory) took place at the Church of the Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, London, on Saturday 30 June, by kind permission of the church authorities.

The Prince-Abbot and Archbishop Douglas Titus Lewins (Primate of the Old Roman Catholic Church of Great Britain) were installed as Chaplains of the Order.

In November 2012, the Prince-Abbot was separately appointed to the rank of Prelate – Knight Grand Cross of Justice in the Russian Grand Priory, Commandery of Carpathia, which had been established under the authority of the late Prince Michael of Russia, the Grand Prior of the Russian Grand Priory, in 2005. This was a further branch of the parent Order of the British Association.

After nine years as Chaplain, the Prince-Abbot resigned from all appoitments in the British Association in September 2021. He remains a Prelate and Grand Cross of the Russian Order of St John by virtue of his appointments of November 2012.

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Armorial of Mgr. Jules-Ernest Houssaye (Abbé Julio)

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The armorial of Mgr. Jules-Ernest Houssaye (Abbé Julio) (1844-1912), Primate of the Gallican Church (image courtesy Mission Gallicane d’Alsace):

He was admitted a member of the Order of the Crown of Thorns by Prince-Abbot Joseph III in 1893 and served as Prelate-Commander and its representative in France (later Switzerland) until his death, maintaining a Secretariat at 21 Croix-des-Petits-Champs, Paris. He was formally invested by Prince-Abbot Joseph III in 1898 at 5, Rue Vernier, Paris. His episcopal arms bear a suspension of the jewel of the Order and a photograph of his office shows his commander’s collar together with the sword of his commandery.

Further details of his life can be read at this page.

New appointment in the San Luigi Orders

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Two new appointments in the San Luigi Orders have been announced.

The Revd. Canon Fr. Raphaël Steck has been appointed Chevalier in the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross and Chevalier Officier in the Order of the Crown of Thorns. Canon Steck serves the Mission Gallicane d’Alsace within the tradition of the Eglise Gallicane. Historically, the Eglise Gallicane has a close association with the San Luigi Orders through its common ancestry in Prince-Abbot Joseph III (Vilatte), with several of its prelates having held representative office in the past.

The Mission Gallicane d’Alsace maintains an informative website concerning its work at http://www.gallicanalsace.org and a page concerning the Order of the Crown of Thorns here.