Rome, October 29, 2025– On Saturday 25 October morning, a solemn investiture ceremony of the new Dames and Knights of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George took place at the Basilica of “Santa Croce in Gerusalemme” in Rome.
The new members of the Order were accepted in the Order by His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duke of Castro, Grand Master and Head of the Royal House, by Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect, by Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Duchess of Calabria and of Palermo and by H.E. Prince Francesco Ruspoli, Grand Chancellor.
During the ceremony, His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery of Causes of Saints and Grand Prior of the Order, had repeated the message of peace of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, reminding to the new members that the true essence of a Knight is to serve the weakest with humility and love.
In the afternoon Dames and Knights, coming from several countries and after crossing the Holy Door of the Pontifical Archbasilica of Saint Giovanni in Lateran, took part in the international pilgrimage of the Order, on the occasion of the Ordinary Jubilee Year, significantly entitled “ Spiritu Ambulemus”- We walking in the Spirit, born from an inspired and fervent desire of His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Bourbon Two Sicilies in harmonious agreement with His Eminence the Most Reverend Cardinal Marcello Semeraro and the highest Offices of the Order attending the Solemn Eucharistic Celebration, presided by the Cardinal. His Royal Highness the Duke of Castro, accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Camilla, Duchess of Castro, and by their daughters, TRH Princesses Maria Carolina and Maria Chiara, by Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of Bourbon Two Sicilies, Grand Prefect, by His Royal Highness Prince Casimiro of Bourbon Two Sicilies with his daughters TRH Princesses Elena Sofia and Anna Cecilia and by His Royal Highness Prince Francesco of Bourbon Two Sicilies with his son His Royal Highness Prince Antoine.
This ceremony, rich in symbolism and full of Christian charity, helped revive the knightly and missionary spirit of the Order, the vocation to service towards the Holy Church and towards the most fragile and needy of our time. In fact, the entire charitable commitment is destined to support the noble project “Case Famiglia” of St. Peter’s Circle which offers free hospitality to needy families with hospitalized children at Pediatric Hospital Bambin Gesù. At the end of the Solemn Ceremony, a gala dinner was held at the “Circolo della Caccia”, where several national and international personalities from the aristocratic, diplomatic and institutional fields attended. The meeting held this morning between His Royal Highness the Head of the Royal House and the President of the St. Peter’s Circle, Marquis Niccolò Sacchetti, had sealed this moment of profound significance. On that occasion, the Constantinian Order had provided 100’000 euros largely due to generosity of Knights and Dames of the Order and partly to the Constantinian Order Foundation Charity ETS at the express wish of the Grand Master. The St. Peter’s Circle, authentic expression of the Christian charity wanted by Blessed Pius IX towards the poor of the city of Rome, continues to represent a beacon of solidarity and service towards the neediest.
