Prelato di fiocchetto
A group of four prelates at the Roman Curia was designated as Prelati di fiocchetto :
- the vice camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church , also governor of Rome until the end of the old papal state
- the Auditor Camerae of the Apostolic Chamber
- of the Tesoriere Generals of the Apostolic Chamber
- the Pope's Maggiordomo
The name, in Italian fiocchetto , 'small bow, bow' is derived from an ornamental tuft attached to the head of the horse that the prelates rode in parades or processions.
Today this prelate rank no longer exists. The Vice Camerlengo and the Auditor Camerae are now titular bishops. With the Motu proprio Pontificalis domus of 1968 Pope Paul VI. from the Maggiordomo the prefect of the papal house .
In church heraldry , the coat of arms of the prelati di fiocchetto consisted of a purple galero with ten red tassels on each side, which were connected by a red cord . The dean of the Apostolic Chamber now bears the same coat of arms with six red tassels . If this is a higher prelate, he also bears the coat of arms with ten tassels.
literature
- Gaetano Moroni: Prelati di fiocchetti . In: Gaetano Moroni (ed.): Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri giorni . tape 55 . Tipografia emiliana, Venice 1852, OCLC 231988265 , in Lemma Prelato , p. 153–154 (Italian, scan in Google book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Giuseppe Quattrociocchi: Stemmi dei Prelati di FIOCCHETTO. In: gqaraldica.it. Retrieved June 24, 2018 (Italian).