Blood of Jesus Christ (military order)

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Order of the Redeemer
Awarded by Vincenzo I Gonzaga
Type	Dynastic Order
Motto	Domine probasti me, Nihil hoc triste recepto
Awarded for	military and civil services
Status	Currently constituted
Duke of Mantua
Grades	One
Statistics
First induction	Francesco IV Gonzaga
Last induction	Michele Sagramosi
Total inductees	104 knights
Precedence
Next (lower)	Order of the Immaculate Conception
Riband of the Order of the Redeemer

Blood of Jesus Christ, or Blood of Christ, was a military order instituted at Mantua by Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, approved on 25 May 1608 by Pope Paul V. The motto of the order was Domine probasti me, or that Nihil hoc triste recepto. Jean Hermant speaks of the order and observes that it took its name from drops of the blood of Jesus, said to have been preserved in Saint Andrew's Basilica in Mantua. Their number was restricted to twenty besides the Grand Master; the office whereof was attached to himself and his successors.

There was also a congregation of nuns in Paris, France, called Blood of Jesus Christ, reformed from the Cistercians.