The Cavalieri di San Marco was the only order of chivalry ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order without the government's consent.
聖馬克騎士（Cavalieri di San Marco）是唯一在威尼斯存在過的騎士階層，沒有任何一位公民可以接受外來的命令而沒有政府的同意。