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The 79th Grand Master of the Order of Malta

"Fra' Matthew Festing, 58, an Englishman, became the 79th Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, elected March 11 by the Council Complete of State (the Order’s electoral body). In accepting the role, the new …"

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