Vatican Awards

Order of Saint Sylvester

Order of Saint Sylvester

The Order currently has three classes. In order of seniority they are:

  1. Knight / Dame Grand Cross (GCSS) – wears a large cross suspended from a broad ribbon (sash) over the right shoulder across the breast to the left hip, along with the breast star
  2. Knight Commander – wears a smaller cross suspended by the ribbon of the Order encircling the neck. Dame Commander wears the same cross suspended from a bow on the left breast. This class is divided into two categories: Knight / Dame Commander with Star (KC*SS / DC*SS) – wears the star of the Order on the lower left breast. Knight / Dame Commander (KCSS / DCSS) – does not wear the star
  3. Knight / Dame (KSS / DSS) – wears the smallest cross on a ribbon attached to the left breast of the tunic.

Award stats

Recently awarded

Elisabeth Von Waldstein30 August 2013
Maria Green30 August 2013
Anders Ekenberg30 August 2013
Ulf Samuelsson30 August 2013
Mario Scarpelli6 September 2013
Alphonsus Hermanus Jacobus Maria Ziekman17 September 2013
Josef Zemanek26 September 2013
Rainer Holzbauer26 September 2013
Gerold Karl Dittrich26 September 2013
Domenico Sangiorgi Cellini26 September 2013