Papal Assistant to the Throne

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Coat of arms of a papal assistant to the throne

Papal Assistant Throne is a papal honorary title and an office of the Papal House .

definition

The Papal Assistant to the Throne is a special papal honorary title and an honorary position within the Papal Family , which also after the reform of the Papal House by Pope Paul VI. ( Motu Proprio Pontificalis domus , 1968) was retained. In addition to the honorary title, they are also used in solemn non-religious ceremonies of the Pope.

In the Motu Proprio it says under section 7; § 9:

“The assistants to the throne are at the service of the Prefect of the Apostolic Palace. You have solemn non-religious ceremonies, of which Section 4; § 3 acts to render honorary services to the Pope's guests. In particular, you have to ensure that the various services assigned to the lay members of the 'Papal Family' are carried out in the right order. "

The non-religious ceremonies in question are described in § 3 as follows:

“The non-religious ceremonies are divided into official audiences, e.g. B. when the Pope receives kings, heads of state, prime ministers or foreign ministers or when he receives the diplomatic representatives to present their credentials to the Apostolic See, and in audiences without official character. "

The distinguished clergy have the right to have 10 tassels (fiocci) per hac vice in their coat of arms, similar to a titular archbishop . The honor of a " Roman Count (Conte Romano) " used to be associated with the award .

While the honorary office was traditionally only accessible to clergy, according to the Motu Proprio of 1968 it should in future be reserved for lay people . However, for example, the Regensburg Bishop Rudolf Graber was appointed in 1983.

Title holder

Coat of arms of Archbishop Marcel Levebvre with heraldic decorations of a papal assistant to the throne

Chronological list of titleholders with year of appointment:

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Italian text of the Motu Proprio Pontificalis domus .
  2. ^ Karl Hausberger : History of the Diocese of Regensburg. Volume 2: From the Baroque to the Present. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 1989, ISBN 3-7917-1188-1 , p. 256, (detail scan) .
  3. ↑ Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals. 1846-2012. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-026944-4 , p. 47, ( digital scan ).
  4. ↑ Johannes Beckmann: The missions from 1840 to 1870. In: Hubert Jedin (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte. Volume 6: The Church in the Present. Half volume 1: Roger Aubert, Johannes Beckmann, Patrick J. Corish, Rudolf Lill : The Church between Revolution and Restoration. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 1971, pp. 615–649, here p. 620, ( detail scan ).
  5. ↑ Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals. 1846-2012. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-026944-4 , p. 196.
  6. ↑ Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: “... unforgettable years” - Swiss students at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt (1848–1912). At the same time a contribution to the history of "Helvetia Eystettensis" (1864–1890), foreign section of the Swiss Student Union (= treatises on student and higher education. 15). SH-Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-89498-174-7 , p. 114, ( detail scan ).
  7. ↑ Martin Bräuer: Handbook of the Cardinals. 1846-2012. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin et al. 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-026944-4 , p. 286, ( digital scan ).