‘As Head of the Royal House of the Two Sicilies and heir of the Farnese house, I have the privilege of remitting today to your Exellency the insignia of the Distinguished Royal Order of San Gennaro. The conferral of such honor, named after the Holy Martyr Januarius, the Patron of Naples, to you, the Head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, represents a further confirmation of the centuries-old and special relations of my House with the Sacred Religion, both during the ancient Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and even more in subsequent times.

With these words, Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies conferred the Collar of the Order of San Gennaro on Fra’ John Dunlap.

To Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, who has been Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta since 2010, Fra’ John Dunlap has conferred the Grand Cross pro Merito Melitensi, Special Class.