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==External links==
* http://coinsofmalta.com/jag-collection-17-rafael-cotoner/ Coins of Grandmaster Rafael Cotoner]

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Raphael Cotoner i d'Olesa
Grand Master of the Order of Saint John
In office
5 June 1660 – 20 October 1663
MonarchKing Philip III
Preceded byAnnet de Clermont-Gessant
Succeeded byNicolas Cotoner
Personal details
Born1601
Mallorca, Aragon (modern Spain)
Died20 October 1663
Valletta, Malta
Resting placeValletta
Military service
AllegianceSovereign Military Order of Malta Order of Saint John

Raphael Cotoner (Rafael Cotoner i d'Olesa; died 20 October 1663) was the 60th Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller or, as it is already known by that time, the Order of Malta, serving in that position from 5 June 1660 to his death on 20 October 1663 following the brief reign of Annet de Clermont-Gessant.[1] After his death, he was succeeded as Grand Master by his brother, Nicolas Cotoner.

During Cotoner's reign, the Order of Malta sent troops to Candia, besieged by the Ottomans.

Reign as Grand Master

Mattia Preti started work in St. John's Co-Cathedral during Raphael's reign.

During his 3-year reign, the Order of Malta sent reinforcements to support Venetians besieged by the Ottomans in Candia (Candia eventually fell after a siege lasting more than two decades in September 1669, almost 6 years after Cotoner's death).[2] To show their gratitude and appreciation, the Republic of Venice passed a decree allowing members of the Order to appear armed within the Republic's dominions, something which had never been granted to the Republic's subjects themselves.[3]

It was during Raphael's tenure as Grand Master that the Italian Baroque artist Mattia Preti started work in Valletta's St. John's Co-Cathedral.[3] He went on to decorate the cathedral's interior with paintings of John the Baptist.

References

  1. ^ "Rafael Cotoner y de Oleza - 60th grandmaster of the Order of Malta (SMOM)".
  2. ^ "The War for Candia".
  3. ^ a b "Raphael Cotoner - Republic of Malta".
Preceded by Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller
5 June 1660–20 October 1663
Succeeded by

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