The Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne (Lat. Stator proximus a Solio Pontificis maximi) was a hereditary title of nobility available in the Papal Court...

The Bishops-Assistant at the Pontifical Throne were ecclesiastical titles in the Roman Catholic Church. It designated prelates belonging to the Papal...

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to the dignity of Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne (title held until 1958), after the emperor Charles VI had already, in 1724, made him a prince of...

at the papal court with the exception of the position of Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne. The titles abolished, such as the Grand Master of the Sacred...

1683, made a prince 1724, 1790]. Male primogeniture 1629, Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne 1735–1958. Fra Cyril Toumanoff, "Genealogical Imperialism"...

Barberini). The Colonna family have been Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne since 1710. The family residence in Rome, the Palazzo Colonna, is open to the public...

hereditary Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne. This honour was until recently held by Prince Alessandro Torlonia, Prince of Fucino, and Prince Marcantonio...

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in the Papal States in favor of the Borgia family. Virginio Orsini had two sons, Gian Giordano Orsini, later Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne, by...

constructed throne on wheels that could be used inside. Prior to 1978, at the papal conclave, each cardinal was seated on a throne in the Sistine Chapel...

Pius XII removed Orsini and the Orsini family from their hereditary position of Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne. The Pope also made a speech condemning...

Holiness The Preacher of the Papal household The lay members are: Assistants at the Throne The General Counsellor of the State of Vatican City The Commandant...

according to the Byzantine Rite. The other offices were filled by the assistants to the pontifical throne, the members of the prelatical colleges, etc. Those...

Colonna to be appointed hereditary Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne. Don Filippo married the Spanish aristocrat Lorenza de la Cerda in Madrid in 1681...

A papal coronation is the formal ceremony of the placing of the papal tiara on a newly elected pope. The first recorded papal coronation was of Pope Nicholas...

of the old Papal nobility at the court (reorganized as the household), save for the Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne. He also abolished the Palatine...

Preacher. The lay members of the Papal Family are composed of the following (7, §2): Prince Assistants to the Papal Throne; Delegate of the Pontifical...

A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope. Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of...

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A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect the bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to...

The sedia gestatoria (Italian: [ˈsɛːdja dʒestaˈtɔːrja], literally 'chair for carrying') or gestatorial chair is a ceremonial throne on which popes were...

A papal legate or apostolic legate (from the ancient Roman title legatus) is a personal representative of the Pope to foreign nations, to some other part...

Papal regalia and insignia are the official items of attire and decoration proper to the Pope in his capacity as the visible head of the Catholic Church...

made heir apparent to the throne with the title of Prince Imperial of Mexico, which came with the style of Imperial Highness and the honorific title of "Don"...

papal confirmation, would officially only hold the title diocesan/archdiocesan administrator (but nevertheless colloquially be referred to as prince-bishop)...

on either side of the papal throne. During the Second World War, the Noble Guard shared responsibility with the Swiss Guard for the personal security...

The papal tiara is a crown that is worn by popes of the Catholic Church from as early as the 8th century to the mid–20th century. It was last used by...

from the twelve-ray asterisk that was used in Papal Masses – was used to cover the host on the paten, when it was brought to the Pope at his throne for...

year to supervise the work of the sacrist and his assistants. In the Old Testament, the office and duties of the sacristan are assigned to the Levites...