This article collects the names and mottoes of the secular orders from "Ordines Militum Ecclesiastorum, et Secularium" or "Orders of Religious and Secular Knights", a Latin broadsheet published in 1604 by John Clapham.
Latin Name | Modern Translation | Motto | Motto Translation |
Milites Periscelidis | Knights of the Garter | Honi soit qui mal y pense | Shame to him who thinks ill |
Milites Stellae | Knights of the Star | Monstrant regibus astra viam | The stars show the way to kings |
Milites Fasciae sive Della Banda | Knights of the Band or "Della Banda" | ||
Milites Annunciationis | Knights of the Annunciation | F.E.R.T. (fortitudo eius Rhodam tenuit) | His strength holds Rhodes |
Milites Aurei Velleris | Knights of the Golden Fleece | Ante ferit, quam flamma micet | He bears before, what strikes flame |
Milites D: Michaelis | Knights of St. Michael | Immensi tremor Oceani | Quaking of immense Ocean |
Milites D: Stephani | Knights of St. Stephen | ||
Milites Sancti Spiritus | Knights of the Holy Spirit |