Papal Orders of Chivalry

This list gives an overview of the orders and medals of the Holy See. They refer mainly to achievements in the faith and papal authority in the world church, partly on contributions to the 1870 resolution old Papal States.

• Golden Rose ( 1096 )
• Order of Christ (1319/1905)
• Order of Saint Peter (1510 )
• Order of the Golden Spur (1539/1905)
• Order of St. Paul ( 1540)
• Order of St. John of Lateran ( 1560)
• Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem (1496/1868)
• Cross of Honor (1816 )
• Papal Order of the Moors ( Ordine del Moretto )
• Gregoriusorden (1831 )
• Mean Medal of Merit (1831 )
• Small Medal of Merit (1831 )
• Military Merit Medal ( 1832)
• Benemerenti ( Pontifical Medal of Merit, 1832)
• Medal for the guards (1836 )
• Medal of Merit (1837 )
• Merit for those who dedicated themselves to the support of cholera patients (1837 )
• Merit for the creator of ertrurischen Museum in the Vatican at Rome (1838 )
• Medal for loyalty
• Medal for the Civil Guard (1840 )
• New Year's Order (1841 )
• Pius Order (1847 )
• Order of St. Cecilia (1847 )
• Medal for the freedom fighters of the Lombardo - Venetian Uprising 1848 (1848)
• Memorial Medal (1849 )
• Medal for the campaign 1860 (1860)
• Mentana Cross ( 1867)
• Cross of Honour for Church and Pope (1887 )
• Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice ( Pontifical Medal of Merit, 1888)
• Jerusalem Pilgrims Cross ( 1901)
• Medal for the Militia of Jesus Christ (1907 )
• Blessing cross for Catholics (1907 )
• Medal for outstanding service to the Holy See (1908 )
• Commemorative Medal of the Second Vatican Council ( 1962-65 )