Azio Corghi was made a Grand Officer in a senior order of knighthood founded in what year?
Azio Corghi Azio Corghi (born 9 March 1937 in Cirié, Piedmont) is an Italian opera composer, also a teacher and musicologist. He was born at Cirié, in the Province of Turin, studied at the Turin and Milan conservatories and was a pupil of Bruno Bettinelli. In 2005 he was made a Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Order of Aviz The Military Order of Aviz (Portuguese: "Ordem Militar de Avis" , ] ), previously to 1910 "Royal Military Order of Aviz" (Portuguese: "Ordem Real Militar de Avis" ), previously to 1789 "Knights" (of the "Order) of Saint Benedict of Aviz" (Portuguese: "Ordem de São Bento de Aviz" ) or "Friars of Santa Maria of Évora", is a Portuguese order of chivalry, founded in Portugal in 1146. It gave its name and coat of arms to the Aviz Dynasty that ruled Portugal between 1385 and 1580.