The Collegio Araldico-Cavalleresco Signum Aureum (The Heraldic-Chivalric College of the Golden Symbol) was founded in Ancona on the initiative of His Excellency Consul Prof. Dr. Maurizio Marchetti Morganti, member of an ancient noble family and Honorary Consul of the Republic of El Salvador to the Italian Republic and Honorary General Consul of the same Republic to the Republic of San Marino. He was assisted by other friends, upright men who fear God and respect the laws of their Country.

The College was founded under the auspices, gratitude, and heartfelt encouragement of Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa. He is now Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, Guardian of Holy Mount Zion and of the Most Holy Sepulchre of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins since 2020.

The College believes in supporting the memory and studying the history of the Holy Places and the Chivalric Orders that originated in these places. It endorses the values ​​and rules of Chivalry, Culture and Volunteering and is active in cultural exchanges with other organizations that pursue similar cultural and religious goals.

The College promotes Heraldry and, more generally, the historical period known as the Middle Ages, in all its historical, economic, cultural, religious and diplomatic expressions.

The College has awarded me its Plaque of Honour:

The Earls Colne Essex Priory of the Sovereign Order of Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem, Malta and Antioch, met on 26 January at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. At the meeting under the chairmanship of the Prince Grand Master, my appointment as a Bailiff Grand Cross of Justice of the Order was affirmed. This representation of the Johannine tradition shares a common origin with several other branches with which I have had association, representing a continuation of the Hereditary Commanderies which embodied the Russian tradition of the Order.

The Priory was inaugurated by the Sovereign Council in Essex County, New Jersey. last October, and has a dedicated and growing membership.

The Consular Corps of the Marche is an association of diplomatic representatives (honorary and career consuls) operating in this region of Italy, with its main headquarters in Ancona. It facilitates international cooperation and assistance to foreign citizens. It is led by its Secretary-General Maurizio Marchetti Morganti and the council includes fifteen consuls, including those of Moldova, Greece, Lithuania, and Denmark. The Corps has awarded me its Solemn Commendation.

 

 

 

I have been honoured to receive the Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Cross of Saint Leo. The Order is a dynastic order of the noble O’Halloran sept, and is conferred by Mar Tomas, Errenagh of the Abbeys of Saint Leo and Saint Colman on the Islands of Inishark and Inishbofin, Connemara, County Galway, in the Republic of Ireland. The honour reflects my own close family connections with Ireland as well as my deep regard for the Celtic Christian heritage.

The Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio” was established on 3 December 2025 and registered with the governmental authorities in Rome, Italy, on 9 December. It is under the international and national presidency of Prince Professor Pasquale Sorrentino.

The Italian system of education recognizes the existence of a distinct category of non-profit private universities that are directed towards avocational study and lifelong learning, termed “popular universities” and “universities of the third age”. These universities are concerned with instruction and research pursued purely for academic, religious, social and cultural benefit.

The Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio” (UPTEM) has a number of constituent divisions that are designed to fulfil these aims. These include the Centro Internazionale di Studi Filosofici e Religiosi “Qädiriyya Sufi”, the Accademia Internazionale per la Pace tra i Popoli, and the Centro Internazionale di Studi Filosofici e Religiosi “Milarepa”. Another institution of the University is the Accademia Internazionale di Musica “Antonio Lucio Vivaldi” which is devoted to music and musicology. There are further branches concerned with nobility and chivalry, alternative medicine, military history, journalism, bioethics and sexuality among other topics. The University has also established the World Accreditation Board for Academies, Colleges, Schools, Universities (WABACOSU).

The University is named after Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, reflecting Prince Prof. Sorrentino’s position as head of the adoptive branch of the Sultanate and Royal House Hussen-Shiikal-Mudaffar of Somalia. It also includes the Unione Culturale Italo-Somala, designed to promote friendship and cultural exchange between Italy and Somalia.

The Università Popolare e della Terza Età “Mogadiscio” has appointed me as Honorary Chief Chaplain:

The University has further conferred upon me the diploma of Master honoris causa and the titles of Professor Emeritus and Lifetime Honorary Member in the fields of Letters, Humanities, History, Business Administration, Theology, Music and Musicology.

The Accademia Internazionale di Musica “Antonio Lucio Vivaldi” has appointed me as Honorary Life President, Honorary Chief Chaplain, Professor Emeritus in Music and Musicology, Master Teacher and Honorary Life Academician.

The Gran Commenda di Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme is based in Italy under the protection of H.I.R.H. Prince don Ezra Annibale Foscari Widmann Rezzonico, Head of the Imperial House of Leopardi of Constantinople, of which I am a member. It has received the spiritual benediction of the Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrian Orthodox Church and is recognized as an official institution of that church. The Grand Commandery was formed in 2019 by the union of several international commanderies in the chivalric traditions of St John and St Lazarus. In November 2025, I was appointed Hereditary Commander of Justice in the Order.

The Grand Prior of the Grand Commandery is H.E. Arconte Antonino Iuculano. This Order has appointed me as Grand Counselor with the title and rank of Grand Officer, which is the highest rank in the Order.

The Grand Commandery of Saints John and Lazarus of Jerusalem (Gran Commenda dei Santi Giovanni e Lazzaro di Gerusalemme) has honoured me with the appointment of Hereditary Commander of Justice. The Grand Commandery was formed in 2019 by the union of several international commanderies in the chivalric traditions of St John and St Lazarus. These included some who were already under the protection of Prince Don Hugo José Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople. They have continued under Prince Hugo José’s successor Prince Ezra.

H.I.H. Prince Ezra, head of the Imperial House of Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople

The Grand Commandery is under the temporal protection of the Imperial House of Tomassini Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople and has received the spiritual blessing of the Patriarchate of Antioch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, in addition to having the official recognition of Syrian institutions.

Membership of the Grand Commandery is restricted to the titled nobility solely. All members are appointed to the rank of Commander.

The Grand Commandery is committed to the noble mission of supporting persecuted Christians in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and Palestine.

 

I have been honoured with Diplomas of Cultural Merits from my publisher in Italy, Aracne Editrice of Rome, as well as its sister organizations, Aracne TV and La Bussola Edizioni, and their head, Professor Dr. Gioacchino Onorati.

The Royal House of Hussen-Shikal-Mudaffar of Somalia was led by the late Prince Ali M. Hussen (Shaykh Abu Ibrahim Ale Ibn Al Mu’Allim Hussen) who was Chief of the Name and Arms of this Sultanate and Royal House. The Royal House represents the descent from the Sultans Mudaffar of Mogadishu. Prince Ali adopted as his heir to all his titles Prince Pasquale Sorrentino of Rome, Italy. Prince Pasquale is a senior member of the San Luigi Orders and my adoptive cousin in the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, and has entered into wide-ranging mutual treaties of recognition with the institutions for which we have respective responsibilities. I have been honoured with the appointment of Honorary Royal Chief Chaplain to the Royal House, which represents both an Islamic and Christian heritage and thus serves as an example of interfaith co-operation.

The Università Popolare e della Terza Eta “Evy Delia Tommassini” is an institution of the Imperial and Royal House of Tommassini-Leopardi of Constantinople, of which I am a member. It is a private Italian institution of higher education in the tradition of the “universities of the people” there, based in Milan.

The University has appointed me as Honorary Life Fellow and Professor Emeritus of Music (Pianoforte):

The Royal House of Epirus is the descendant of the independent state of Epirus that existed between February and October 1914 before being occupied successively by Greece and Albania. The Royal House has continued a representation in exile and the current head is Prince Davide Pozzi Sacchi di Santa Sofia who is Grand Prince of Epirus. The website of the Royal House gives much historical and current information and in addition the book “Le Royaume d’Epire, son Histoire et sa Monarchie au XXIe siècle” by Prof. Claude Chaussier (Brussels, 2005) explores these subjects in further detail.

A recent wide-ranging agreement between our respective jurisdictions has been marked by an exchange of honours and distinctions.

Prince Davide has appointed me as his honorary cousin, and as a Royal Prince in the Royal House of Epirus:

He has further appointed me to the rank of Hereditary Grand Cross of Justice with Grand Collar of the Constantinian Order of Epirus:

I have also been appointed as Honorary Life Member of the International Cultural Association of Royal Epirus and Honorary Life Academician of the Royal Academy of Epirus.

In the Royal Academy of Epirus, I have been appointed as a Professor Emeritus in Music/Musicology.

Prince Davide has also issued Letters Patent of recognition of my religious offices as Prince-Abbot of San Luigi and Catholicos of the West:

I am a member of the Imperial House of Tommassini-Paterno (Tomasi-Leopardi or Tommassini-Leopardi) of Constantinople.

Honours and awards: Imperial House of Tommassini-Leopardi of Constantinople (Justinian and Heraclian Dynasties)

The Imperial and Royal House has appointed me as Honorary Chief Chaplain:

The Historic Archive of the Imperial and Royal House (Archivo Storico) has appointed me as an Honorary Life Fellow:

The Accademia Costantiniana Leopardiana of the Royal and Imperial House has appointed me as an Honorary Life Fellow/Academician:

The Nobile Accademia Heracliana of the Imperial and Royal House has appointed me as an Honorary Life Fellow/Academician:

The Nobile Accademia Giustinianea of the Imperial and Royal House has appointed me as an Honorary Life Fellow/Academician:

The House is united in the person of its head, H.I.R.H. Prince don Ezra Annibale Foscari Widmann Rezzonico, with the Princely, Ducal and Comital House of Foscari Widmann Rezzonico, in which Royal House I have also been appointed Honorary Chief Chaplain.

The Serenissima Accademia Foscari Widmann Rezzonico of the Royal House has appointed me as an Honorary Life Fellow/Academician:

The Global Health Service is incorporated in Sofia, Bulgaria, and undertakes a programme of humanitarian support under the presidency of Prince Professor Pasquale Sorrentino. The Service has awarded me a Diploma in Spiritual Healing.

The Royal House of Hussen-Shikal-Mudaffar of Somalia was led by the late Prince Ali M. Hussen (Shaykh Abu Ibrahim Ale Ibn Al Mu’Allim Hussen) who was Chief of the Name and Arms of this Sultanate and Royal House. The Royal House represents the descent from the Sultans Mudaffar of Mogadishu. Prince Ali adopted as his heir to all his titles Prince Pasquale Sorrentino of Rome, Italy. Prince Pasquale is a senior member of the San Luigi Orders and my adoptive cousin in the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, and has entered into wide-ranging mutual treaties of recognition with the institutions for which we have respective responsibilities.

The Royal House has previously honoured me with the title of Prince. This year I was delighted to receive the further title of Prince of Buloberde (Somalian: Buuloburde, also rendered Buloburti, Bulo Berti or Bulobarde) from the Royal House, with remainder to my male and female descendants. I have also been adopted as a Cousin of Prince Pasquale and member of the Royal House of Hussen-Shikal-Mudaffar of Somalia with the right to use and quarter the arms of the Royal House.

In addition, the Royal House has issued further Letters Patent of recognition in respect of the royal and ecclesiastical offices that I hold:

The Accademia Universitaria Internazionale was established in Italy in 1939 by the late Prince Hugo-José Tomassini Paternò, Head of the Tomasi-Leopardi (Justinian-Heraclian) Imperial House. It was registered with the Ministry of Public Instruction and established partnerships with other educational institutions internationally. Today under Prince Ezra, the current Head of the Imperial House, the Accademia has established reciprocal relationships of partnership, accreditation and recognition with a number of my educational institutions. It was with particular pleasure that I received a Diploma of Merit (Diploma de Benemerenza) from the Accademia, which is based in Milan, Italy.

The history and status of the Nobile Accademia de Santa Teodora Imperatrice in Rome, Italy, is given at the link below.

Nobile Accademia di Santa Teodora Imperatrice, Rome, Italy

The Accademia has appointed me as Chief Chaplain:

The Humanitarian Environmental Foundation is established as a nonprofit foundation in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, under the presidency of Professor Pasquale Sorrentino. I have been particularly pleased to become involved with its work given my commitment to the environment.

The Foundation has appointed me as an Honorary Life Fellow and an International Advisor and Ambassador of Goodwill for Great Britain.

The Foundation has made several awards to me, in Christian Theology and British Culture.

The Foundation has also awarded me a Certificate of Merit in recognition of contributions to Culture, Arts, Letters and Science.

The Foundation has awarded me the Advanced Diploma for Teaching – Master Teacher Certification.