Order of St. Paul

The Order of St. Paul is a dynastic order of knighthood founded in Persenburg by King Oscar of Ruthenia in 2014. The current Grand Master of the Order is also its founder, the Emperor-King of Karnia-Ruthenia.

Origin
Established on 25 November 2014, the Order was the third honor created in the kingdom, recalling the tradition and principles of Knights of Saint John, order created during the Crusades and than, remebering the Crusader ancestry of his paternal family. The motto is Non ducor, duco., Latin for I am not led, I lead. The motto of the Order refer to the motto of City of São Paulo, where the Emperor-King was born. During the period in which Ruthenia was only one kingdom, the award was granted only thirteen times.

When the Empire was founded and immediately after the signing of the Karno-Ruthenian Compromise of 2016, the Order of St. Peter became the fourth most important honor in precedence of Karnia-Ruthenia.

Precedence and privileges
Knights and Ladies of the Order are assigned positions in the order of precedence, just after the Knights of the Order of St. Peter. Wives, sons, daughters and daughters-in-law of Knights of the Order of St. Paul also feature on the order of precedence; relatives of Dames of St. Paul, however, are not assigned any special precedence. Generally, individuals can derive precedence from their fathers or husbands, but not from their mothers or wives.

After the establisment of Karnia-Ruthenia, the prefixes of "Sir" for Knights and "Lady" for the Dames was abolished. When an individual is entitled to use multiple post-nominal letters, "EKSP" for Knights or "ELSP" for Dames, altering the old post-nominal "KSPA" for Knights and "LSPA" for Dames. Knights and Dames may encircle their arms with the circlet of the Order.

2014 - current

 * 1) Karniarutheniaflag.png His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Emperor-King Oscar of Karnia-Ruthenia

2014

 * 1) Karniarutheniaflag.png His Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduke Ari of Karnia-Ruthenia
 * 2) Karniarutheniaflag.png Her Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduchess Denise of Karnia-Ruthenia
 * 3) Karniarutheniaflag.png Her Imperial and Royal Majesty, Empress-Queen Paloma of Karnia-Ruthenia
 * 4) LetzemburgFlagCivil.png His Highness, Grand Duke Christian of Letzembourg
 * 5) lundenwicflag1.png His Imperial Highness, Grand Duke Julian of Lundenwic
 * 6) Flag of Pavlov.jpg His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Alexander IV of Pavlov
 * 7) BANDEIRA DO REINO.jpg His Majesty, King Peter II of Santa Cruz

2015

 * 1) Unironic_flag.png His Imperial Majesty, Emperor William I of Unironia
 * 2) LibertiaFlag.png His Royal Highness, Duke Guilherme da Lomellina e Berenguer of Libertia
 * 3) LibertiaFlag.png Her Royal Highness, Duchess Tânya Correa d'Ornellas of Libertia
 * 4) Karniarutheniaflag.png His Grace, Count Yuri de Faria
 * 5) LibertiaFlag.png His Royal Highness, Prince Alexandro of Lomellina e Berenguer
 * 6) Abeldane flag.jpg His Imperial and Royal Majesty, Emperor Stephen of the Abeldane Empire