In 1965 he received from the representative of Pope Paul VI in Tehran the order of Chevalier Saint Sylvester Pope (Knight of Saint Sylvester Pope).
In recognition of his charitable work, he was knighted by Pope John XXIII in 1962, received the Order of St. Gregory and was later named a Knight of Malta.
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In The Godfather: Part III, Michael Corleone is addressed as Commendatore Michael Corleone on his return to Sicily because he has received a Papal decoration.
In 1889 Peter Paul Pugin was made a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester, one of the Papal Orders of Chivalry.