Dame Commander of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, female variant of a class in one of the orders of knighthood of the Holy See;
He was notable during a controversy that involved an Order of Pius IX being given to Kurt Waldheim.
He was elected the eleventh Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus in 1964 and in 1971 was honored by Pope Paul VI with the Order of Pius IX, the highest papal honor which can be conferred on a Catholic layman who is not a head of state.
Knight Commander of the Pontifical Order of Pius IX, a class in one of the orders of knighthood of the Holy See
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