The Order of Columbus (Brazilian Portuguese: Ordem de Colombo) was a short-lived Brazilian order of merit.[1] It was instituted on 6 June 1890, just two months after the abolition of all Imperial Brazilian Orders.

Order of Columbus
Ordem do Colombo
Awarded by the Government of Brazil
TypeNational order
StatusAbolished as a state order in 1891
GradesGrand Cross (Grã-cruz)
Grand Officer (Dignitário)
Officer (Oficial)
Knight (Cavaleiro)

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The first constitution of the Brazilian republic abolished the order of Columbus on 24 February 1891.[citation needed]

The Order consisted of:

  • a Grandmaster,
  • twelve real and twenty-four honorary grand-crosses,
  • fifty dignitaries (Grand-officers),
  • one-hundred and fifty officers, and an unlimited number of knights.


References

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  1. ^ Lyra, Augusto Tavares de (1941). Organisção politica e administrativa do Brasil: (colonia, imperio, e republica) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Companhia editora nacional.