Excerpt from Some Notes, Historical and Otherwise, Concerning the Sacred Constantinian Order On a marble tablet on the Opposite wall, the names of those members of the Order are engraved who contributed to the building fund, headed by that of their Grand Master, His Royal Highness Alfonso Maria di Borbone, Count of Caserta, the son of Francis IL, King of the Two Sicilies, who lost his throne in 1860 and died in 1894. The list is a long one, and the names are arranged in categories - Knights Grand Cross, Knights of Grace, Knights of Merit, Dames of Justice, and so forth. They are all distinguished names, and some well known, not only in the ecclesiastical world, but also in the world of statecraft and diplomacy. Amongst them note Francesco de Paula, Cardinal Cassetta, above said Gaetano Bisleti, cardinal-deacon of Saint Agatha of the Goths Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, cardinal-bishop of Albano Vittorio Amedeo Ranuzzi de' Bianchi, Cardinal Priest of Saint Prisca and titular Archbishop of Tyre, all under the rubric Grand Cross; and under Knights of Justice, Riccardo Sans de Semper, the Pope's Major domo. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.