The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . llurst and BiarkcH , LoiiJou. ;8. i THE TWO SICILIES. ORDEE or ST. JANUAEIUS. This Order was founded by King Charles of Sicily (afterwardsKing Charles III. of Spain), on the 6th July, 1738, on theoccasion of his marriage with the Princess Amelia, daughter ofKing Augustus III. of Poland. The reigning Kings of Sicily are Grand Masters of theOrder, which consists of only one class; and he nominates theKnights, whose number is now unlimited, though it wasoriginally fixed at sixty. After the invasion of Naples by
The book of orders of knighthood and decorations of honour of all nations ... . llurst and BiarkcH , LoiiJou. ;8. i THE TWO SICILIES. ORDEE or ST. JANUAEIUS. This Order was founded by King Charles of Sicily (afterwardsKing Charles III. of Spain), on the 6th July, 1738, on theoccasion of his marriage with the Princess Amelia, daughter ofKing Augustus III. of Poland. The reigning Kings of Sicily are Grand Masters of theOrder, which consists of only one class; and he nominates theKnights, whose number is now unlimited, though it wasoriginally fixed at sixty. After the invasion of Naples by the French in 1806, theOrder was abolished in that kingdom, though it continued toflourish in Sicily, whither Ferdinand had fled; and it was re-introduced into both countries, on the return of the fugitivePrince in 1814. The badge of the Order is a gold octagonal white andred enamelled cross (Plate 84, Tab. I. No. 2), with goldenlilies in the upper and side angles. The obverse representsthe patron saint of the Order, St. Januarius, in episcopalgarments, and with an open book
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