- An
almoner (/ˈɑːmənər, ˈæl-/) is a
chaplain or
church officer who
originally was in
charge of
distributing money to the
deserving poor. The
title almoner...
- the Lord High
Almoner, an
office dating from 1103. The
almoner is
responsible for
distributing alms to the poor. The Lord High
Almoner is
usually a diocesan...
- romanized: Iōannēs ho Eleēmōn), also
known as John the Almsgiver, John the
Almoner, John the Comp****ionate, or John the Merciful, was the Chalcedonian/Melkite...
- The Lord
Almoner's Professorships of
Arabic were two professorships, one at the
University of
Oxford and one at the
University of Cambridge. They were...
- The
Grand Almoner of
France (French:
Grand aumônier de France) was an
officer of the
French monarchy and a
member of the
Maison du Roi ("King's Household")...
- alms. A bull of Pope
Innocent III
cites the
almoner as an
existing position while the post of
apostolic almoner was
formally erected by Pope
Gregory X in...
- of the
Secretariat of
State The
Secretary for
Relations with
States The
Almoner of His
Holiness The
President of the
Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy...
-
influence was too
great for him to be neglected; in 1777 he was made
Grand Almoner of France, and in 1778,
abbot of St. Vaast. In 1778, he was made a cardinal...
- Vicegerent, and in a
blistering sermon on P****ion Sunday, 2
April 1536, her
almoner, John Skypp,
denounced Cromwell and his
fellow Privy Councillors before...
- buildings. The
person designated to
oversee the
distribution was
called an
almoner. At
Worcester Cathedral the alms are said to have been
distributed on stone...
