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Grand Commander

The Grand Commander is the religious superior of the Professed Knights and of the Knights and Dames in Obedience. His duties include: spreading the principles of the Faith, supervising Priories and Subpriories, compiling reports on visits  to be sent to the Holy See on the state and life of the Order, and seeing to the religious aspects of the activities of Professed Knights and Knights in Obedience. In particular he is in charge of instructing the members of the Sovereign Order in the fulfilment of the principles of Tuitio Fidei e Obsequium Pauperum (living the Faith and caring for the poor and the sick). The Grand Commander also takes care of the Magistral Palace Chapel and the organisation of pilgrimages. He acts as Lieutenant ad Interim in the case of the death, resignation from office or permanent incapacity of the Grand Master.

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Fra’ Giacomo DALLA TORRE del TEMPIO di SANGUINETTO

Fra’ Giacomo Dalla Torre was born in Rome on 9 December 1944. He graduated from the University La Sapienza of Rome in literature, specialising in Christian archaeology and art history. Professor of literature and art history, he taught classical Greek in the Pontificia Università Urbaniana of Rome where he is currently the University Library deputy director. He has written articles on the arts and bibliographic studies. He was received into the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1985, becoming a Professed Knight in Perpetual Vows in 1993.
From 1994 to 1999 the Grand Prior of the Grand Priory of Lombardy and Venice; 1999 to 2004 member of the Sovereign Council and various commissions.
Elected Grand Commander of the Sovereign Order by the Chapter General of 2004.