International Commission on Orders of Chivalry
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Commissione Internazionale permanente per lo studio degli Ordini cavallereschi |
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Coat of arms of the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry.
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| Abbreviation | ICOC |
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| Motto | God before all |
| Formation | 1960 |
| Founded at | 5th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in , Sweden |
| Headquarters | Piazza Caiazzo 2 |
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| Dr. Pier Felice degli Uberti | |
| Website | www |
Commissione Internazionale permanente
The International Commission on Orders of Chivalry (Italian: Commissione Internazionale permanente per lo studio degli Ordini cavallereschi) (ICOC) is a privately run, privately funded organisation composed by scholars on chivalric matters and systems of awards, founded in 1960, whose stated purpose is to examine orders of chivalry to determine their . Its President is Dr. Pier Felice degli Uberti since 1999. Its seat is situated in Milano, Italy.
During the Congress of Madrid (1955) Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent thought that it was appropriate to create a commission of scholars on chivalric matters. This idea was instituted during the 5th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in , Sweden, under the protection of Swedish Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, with State Herald of Sweden Gunnar Scheffer as General Secretary; by decision of the Commission for heraldry chaired by Alessandro Monti della Corte with the purpose of creating a provisional list of orders whose approval had to be submitted to the next Congress.
Initially, notably in 1964-1999, the organisation was embroiled in several controversies caused by the different cultural training of its commissioners. The root of some of these controversies stems from the unavoidable bias inherent in the ICOCs governing structure as a private, non-governmental organization.
Since its foundation, it has had a list of Patrons, with honorary function without the right to vote, notably including Archduke Otto von Habsburg, Cardinal Pio Laghi, Patron Cardinal of Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio, Grand Master emeritus of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, and Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia, among others.
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