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Today, it is a dynastic order under the House of France.[2]It should not be confused with the Congregation of the Holy Ghost or with the religious Order of the Holy Ghost.[1] It was the senior chivalric order of France by precedence, although not by age, since the Order of Saint Michael was established more than a century earlier.Although officially abolished by the government authorities in 1830 following the July Revolution, its activities carried on. It is still recognised by the International Commission for Orders of Chivalry.[3]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Composition[edit]Officers[edit]Vestments and accoutrements[edit]Cordon Bleu[edit]Habit and insignia[edit]Gallery[edit]Special privileges[edit]See also[edit]Bibliography[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]History[edit]Prior to the creation of the Order of the Holy Spirit in 1578 by King Henry III, the senior order of chivalry in France had been the Order of Saint Michael.[2]  The idea flashed to him in Venice, where he had seen the original manuscript of an Order of the Saint Esprit or Droit Desir founded in 1353 by Louis of Anjou, titular king of Jerusalem and Sicily and husband of Joanna, queen of Naples and countess of Provence, and placed under the protection of St. Nicholas of Bari, whose image was reproduced on the pendant of the collar. Henry III realised that the Order of St. Michael had inflated and degraded during the civil wars, and therefore decided to place the new order of the Holy Spirit alongside it and to attribute them together; for this reason who was created knight of the Holy Spirit was called chevalier des ordres du roi.[4][5] Its membership was initially restricted to a small number of powerful princes and nobles, but this increased dramatically due to the pressures of the Wars of Religion.At the beginning of the reign of Henry III, the Order of Saint Michael had several hundred living members, ranging from kings to bourgeois. Recognising that the order had been significantly devalued, Henry III founded the Order of the Holy Spirit on December 31, 1578, thereby creating a two-tier system: the new order would be reserved for princes and powerful nobles, whilst the Order of Saint Michael would be for less eminent servants of the Crown. The new order was dedicated to the Holy Spirit to commemorate the fact that Henry III was elected as King of Poland (1573) and inherited the throne of France (1574) on two Pentecosts.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4The new order was also identified with the “Order of the Knot” (Ordre du N\u0153ud, also known as Ordre du Saint-Esprit au Droit D\u00e9sir “Order of the Holy Spirit of the Right Will”) which had been founded in 1352\/3 by Louis I of Naples. This had been one of the short-lived chivalric orders popular among the high nobility at the time. The statutes of the 14th-century order are preserved as BNF Fr 4274. An elaborate facsimile of this manuscript was produced under Louis XIV.[6]During the French Revolution, the Order of the Holy Spirit was officially abolished by the French government, along with all other chivalric orders of the Ancien R\u00e9gime, although the exiled Louis XVIII continued to acknowledge it. Following the Bourbon Restoration, the order was officially revived, only to be abolished again by the Orleanist Louis-Philippe following the July Revolution in 1830. Despite the abolition of the order, both the Orl\u00e9anist[2] and Legitimist[7] pretenders to the French throne have continued to nominate members of the order, long after the abolition of the French monarchy itself.Composition[edit]    King Louis XVI in the habit of the Order of the Holy Spirit, by Alexandre Roslin.The King of France was the Sovereign and Grand Master (Souverain Grand Ma\u00eetre), and he made all appointments to the order. Members of the order can be split into three categories:8 Ecclesiastic members;4 Officers;100 Knights.Initially, four of the ecclesiastic members had to be cardinals, whilst the other four had to be archbishops or prelates. This was later relaxed so that all eight had to be either cardinals, archbishops or prelates.Members of the order had to be Roman Catholic and had to be able to demonstrate three degrees of nobility. The minimum age for members was 35, although there were some exceptions:Children of the king were members from birth, but they were not received into the order until they were 12;Princes of the Blood could be admitted to the order from the age of 16;Foreign royalty could be admitted to the order from the age of 25.All knights of the order were also members of the Order of Saint Michael. As such, they were generally known by the term Chevalier des Ordres du Roi (i.e. “Knight of the Royal Orders”), instead of the more lengthy Chevalier de Saint-Michel et Chevalier du Saint-Esprit (i.e. “Knight of Saint Michael and Knight of the Holy Spirit”).Officers[edit]  The order had its own officers. They were responsible for the ceremonies and the administration of the order.Officers of the order were as follows:Chancellor;Provost and Master of Ceremonies;Treasurer;Clerk (greffier).Vestments and accoutrements[edit]The symbol of the order is known as the Cross of the Holy Spirit (this is a Maltese Cross). At the periphery, the eight points of the cross are rounded, and between each pair of arms there is a fleur-de-lis. Imposed on the centre of the cross is a dove. The eight rounded corners represent the Beatitudes, the four fleur-de-lis represent the Gospels, the twelve petals represent the Apostles, and the dove signifies the Holy Spirit. The Cross of the Holy Spirit was worn hung from a blue riband (“Le cordon bleu”).[8]Cordon Bleu[edit]Due to the blue riband from which the Cross of the Holy Spirit was hung, the knights became known as Les Cordons Bleus. Allegedly, the banquets after ceremonial occasions were so famous that the expression cordon bleu became synonymous with high quality haute cuisine and, over time, extended to refer to other distinctions of the highest class. The culinary magazine La Cuisini\u00e8re Cordon Bleu refers to the ribbon, as well as the eponymous network of hospitality and culinary schools.[9] In modern English usage, cordon bleu (, ) is used as an adjective for chefs who are able to cook food to the highest standard as well as the food itself.[10]Blue Riband sporting events are also sometimes associated with the cordon bleu.[citation needed]Habit and insignia[edit]    The badge of the Order is a gold Maltese cross with white borders, each of the eight points ending in a gold ball (points boutonn\u00e9es) and with a gold fleur-de-lys between each adjacent pair of its arms. At the center of the cross, was set a white dove descending (i.e., with its wings and head pointing downward) surrounded by green flames. The back of this cross worn by the knights was the same as the front except with the medallion of the Order of Saint Michael at the center rather than the dove and flames (those of ecclesiastical members were the same on the back as on the front). During the ceremonies, the cross of officers and commanders officers was attached to a collar of links of gold fleur-de-lis alternating with links consisting of a white enameled letter H (the first initial of name of the founder) crowned with a gold French royal crown, with identical crowns on either side of it or alternately with a trophy of weapons. Each of these links was surrounded with red enamel flames forming a square around it.[11][12] More generally, the cross was suspended from a large ribbon of color moir\u00e9e blue sky, hence the nickname cordon bleu the knights wore.For the ceremonies of the Order and when the knights of the Order made their Communion, the knights wore a long black velvet mantle sprinkled with embroidered gold and red flames and with a representation of the collar round its edges embroidered in gold, red and silver. Like the royal mantle, this mantle opened on the right side and just as an ermine shoulder cape covered the top of the royal mantle, a shoulder cape of pale green velvet with the same embroidery but smaller was worn over this mantle and formed the upper part of it. Both the mantle proper and the shoulder cape were lined with a yellowish orange satin.[13] The mantle was worn over a white coat (with the star of the Order embroidered on the left breast), waistcoat and puffed hose, heavily embroidered with silver. A black hat with a white plume completed the dress. The star of the Order had the same design as the front of the badge, but embroidered in silver (later a medal star in silver was used) on both the knights’ coats and their vests.Breast star of the Order with diamonds, c. 1750The collar shown in the arms of France and NavarreCeremonial robes of the Order of the Holy SpiritGallery[edit]Portraits of some Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit wearing their insignia as a saltire or a sash.Portraits of some Commanders of the Order of the Holy Spirit wearing their insignia in saltire.Special privileges[edit]In France, red or green sealing wax was used for the royal seal on documents requiring a royal seal. Only in documents relating to the Order of the Holy Spirit was white wax used for this royal seal.See also[edit]Bibliography[edit]Jean Vergnet-Ruiz, “Les peintures de l\u2019Ordre du Saint-Esprit”, in La Revue du Louvre et des Mus\u00e9es de France, 1962, no 1, p.\u00a0155-164.Mary Levkoff, “L\u2019art c\u00e9r\u00e9monial de l\u2019Ordre du Saint-Esprit sous Henri III”, in Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de l\u2019histoire de l\u2019art fran\u00e7ais, 1987, pp.\u00a07\u201323.Daniel Alcouffe, \u00ab\u00a0\u00c0 propos de l\u2019orf\u00e8vrerie command\u00e9e par Henri III pour l\u2019ordre du Saint-Esprit\u00a0\u00bb, Hommage \u00e0 Hubert Landais. \u00c9tudes sur l\u2019art du Moyen \u00c2ge et de la Renaissance, sur l\u2019histoire du go\u00fbt et des collections, Paris, R\u00e9union des mus\u00e9es nationaux, 1987, p.\u00a0135-142.Daniel Alcouffe, “L\u2019Ordre du Saint-Esprit\u00a0: la chapelle”, dans La Revue du Louvre et des Mus\u00e9es de France, 1994, no 1, p.\u00a029-42.Michel Popoff, “Armorial de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit”. Paris\u00a0: Le L\u00e9opard d’or, 1996.Michel Popoff et Patrick Spilliaert, “Hommage \u00e0 Herv\u00e9 Pinoteau (1927-2020), autour de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit”. Paris\u00a0: Le L\u00e9opard d’or, 2020.Patrick Spilliaert, Les insignes de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit, Que nous apprennent les archives du mus\u00e9e de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur sur les insignes de l\u2019ordre du Saint-Esprit\u00a0?, in Bulletin no 12 de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des amis du mus\u00e9e national de la L\u00e9gion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 2009, p.\u00a04-33.Agn\u00e8s Bos and Antoinette Villa, “\u00c9l\u00e9ments de technique et de vocabulaire, sur la broderie d\u2019or \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque moderne, autour d\u2019un manteau de l\u2019ordre du Saint-Esprit conserv\u00e9 au mus\u00e9e du Louvre”, in Techn\u00e8 41 (2015), pp.\u00a055\u201364.Patrick Spilliaert, Les colliers et croix de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit sous l’Ancien R\u00e9gime, in Bulletin n\u00b018 de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des amis du mus\u00e9e de la L\u00e9gion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 2015, p.\u00a014-31.Patrick Spilliaert, The insignia of the Order of the Holy Spirit, 1578-1830, in The journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society (OMRS), June 2016.Agn\u00e8s Bos, “Art et liturgie au temps d\u2019Henri III. \u00c0 propos d’un \u00e9l\u00e9ment textile de la chapelle de l\u2019ordre du Saint-Esprit”, in Bulletin de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 nationale des Antiquaires de France (2016), pp.\u00a087\u2013100.Patrick Spilliaert, Les insignes de l’ordre du Saint-Esprit, colliers, croix, plaques, chapelets et autres ornements distribu\u00e9s \u00e0 Messieurs les chevaliers, pr\u00e9lats et officiers des Ordres du roi. Paris\u00a0: Le L\u00e9opard d’or, 2016.Lena\u00efg Roumegou, \u00abL\u2019Ordre du Saint-Esprit sous Louis XIV\u00a0: un instrument au service du pouvoir (1643-1715)\u00a0\u00bb, th\u00e8se de l\u2019\u00c9cole nationale des Chartes, r\u00e9alis\u00e9e sous la direction d\u2019Olivier Poncet, 2017.References[edit]^ a b Moeller, Charles (1910). “Orders of the Holy Ghost”. The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 7. Retrieved 21 December 2012. A distinction must be drawn between this order and the Royal Order of the Holy Spirit founded in France by King Henry III, in 1578, to supersede the Order of St. Michael of Louis XI, which had fallen into discredit, and to commemorate his accession to the throne on Pentecost Sunday. This was a purely secular order of the court.^ a b c Cardinale, Hyginus Eugene; van Duren, Peter Bander (1984). Orders of knighhood, awards and the Holy See (Rev.\u00a0ed.). Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire: Van Duren. pp.\u00a0154\u201356. ISBN\u00a00905715233. The Royal House of Bourbon-Orl\u00e9ans, The Order of the Holy Ghost: The Order was founded in 1578 by Henry III, King of France (1574-1589) to mark his election to the Crown of Poland and elevation to the throne of France….The Order of St. Michael of France.^ http:\/\/www.icocregister.org\/2016.ICOCRegister.pdf[bare URL PDF]^ SpazioSputnik.it. “Statuts de l’Ordre du Saint Espirit \u2013 RIALFrI” (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-14.^ Chesterfield.), Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of; Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of; Carey, Charles Stokes (1872). Letters Written by Lord Chesterfield to His Son. W. Tegg.^ \u00ab\u00a0Statuts de l’Ordre du Saint-Esprit au droit d\u00e9sir ou du Noeud, \u00e9tably par Louis d’Anjou, roy de Naples et de Sicile, en 1352, 1353 et 1354\u00a0\u00bb (Reproduction fac-simile, ex\u00e9cut\u00e9e sous Louis XIV, de l’original conserv\u00e9 sous le n\u00b0 4274 du fonds fran\u00e7ais gallica.bnf.fr)^ \u00c9tat pr\u00e9sent de la maison de Bourbon. Quatri\u00e8me \u00e9dition. Paris, Le L\u00e9opard d’or, 1991; p. 222: \u00ab\u00a0Louis XIX, Henri V, Charles XI et Jaques I continu\u00e8rent \u00e0 donner l’ordre dans la discr\u00e9tion et en 1972, Jacques-Henri VI suivit leur exemple, sont fils Alphonse II faisant de m\u00eame.\u00a0\u00bb L\u2019\u00c9tat pr\u00e9sent\u2026 donne ensuite le nom de quatre chevaliers, cr\u00e9\u00e9s par lettres patentes de 1972 et 1973.^ Now You Know Royalty \u2013 Page 108 Doug Lennox \u2013 2009 “Why is a first-class chef called a “cordon bleu”? This term comes from our French kings. The cordon bleu was the blue ribbon worn by Knights of the Order of the Holy Spirit, the French equivalent of the Order of the Garter, founded in 1578 by …”^ “The History of Le Cordon Bleu”. cordonbleu.edu. Retrieved 2022-09-21.^ “cordon bleu”. 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