Angelo de Mojana di Cologna
77th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fra' Angelo de Mojana di Cologna (13 August 1905, Milan, Italy – 18 January 1988, Rome, Italy) was an Italian nobleman, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1962 to 1988.
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De Mojana was received as a Knight of Honour and Devotion in the Order of Malta 7 December 1940.[1] He took first vows as a Knight of Justice 28 March 1950 and made his solemn profession 1 April 1957.[1] Throughout the 1950s De Mojana was the principal legal advisor to the Order of Malta in its negotiations with the Sacred Congregation for Religious.[2]
De Mojana was promoted to the rank of Commander of Justice 1 January 1960 and was given the Commandery Estense Reggiana.[1] He was elected Grand Master 8 May 1962.[1]
De Mojana made two official visits to France. In November 1964 he was received by President Charles de Gaulle.[3] On 27 April 1972 he was received at the Élysée Palace by President Georges Pompidou.[4] He made an official visit to Malta in June 1968.[5] He made an official visit to Gabon in 1972.[6]
De Mojana died of a heart attack at the Palazzo Malta 18 January 1988.[7]