Brescia, September 14, 2016. On the occasion of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Crosses a delegation of Knights and Dames of the Constantinian Order, together with H.E. the Grand Inquisitor the Hon Alberto Lembo, the Vicar Delegate of Lombardy Noble Dott. Giuseppe Rizzani and the Prior for Lombardy Mons. Arnaldo Morandi, participated in the solemn ceremony of the Order of the Custodians of the Holy Crosses in the Cathedral of Brescia.
Prior to the ceremony the President of the Order of Custodians of the Holy Crosses, Dott. Gino Trombi, Knight Commander of Merit with Star, donated several publications on the precious reliquaries kept in the cathedral of Brescia, to the Grand Inquisitor. In turn, the Honorable Lembo offered President Trombi a copy of the recently published Constantinian Chronicles. The Knights then participated in the Mass celebrated by Mons. Ivo Panteghini, Episcopal Delegate and Chaplain of the Custodians of the Holy Crosses and of the Constantinian Order.
This was followed by the ceremony of investiture for new members of the Confraternity of Custodians. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the Grand Inquisitor and the Vicar Delegate privately conferred diplomas to Knight Roberto Bertoli and his spouse Dame Silvana Vezzoli. The evening concluded with a fraternal agape offered in honor of the Grand Inquisitor and Brothers by Count Pierfrancesco and Countess Marina Coppola De Almanca.
San Martino in Freddana, September 11, 2016 – The Eucharistic Celebration for the feast of the Holy Cross was officiated by Don Rodolo Rossi, Prior of the Delegation. As part of the training course, at the conclusion of the ceremony Vicar Delegate Edoardo Puccetti and Prior Don Rodolfo Ross illustrated the basic contents of the handbook “The Spiritual Path of the Constantinian Knights and Dames”, strongly promoted by H.R.E. Cardinal Renato Martino, Grand Prior of the Order, following the spiritual preparation for aspiring Knights who will be invested on September 24.