- The
Papal States (/ˈpeɪpəl/ PAY-pəl; Italian:
Stato Pontificio; Latin:
Dicio Pontificia),
officially the
State of the Church, were a
conglomeration of...
- The
papal apartments is the non-official
designation for the
collection of apartments,
which are private, state, and religious, that wrap
around a courtyard...
- The
Papal slippers (Italian:
pantofole papali) are a
historical accoutrement worn by the Pope. The
papal slippers were a form of
episcopal sandals worn...
- but
since 1389 they have
always elected a
fellow cardinal.
Observers of
papal elections tend to
consider a few
cardinals more
likely choices than the...
- 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 primacy, also
known as the
primacy of the
bishop of Rome, is an
ecclesiological doctrine in the
Catholic Church concerning the
respect and authority...
- A
papal gentleman, also
called a
Gentleman of His Holiness, is a lay
attendant of the pope and his
papal household in
Vatican City.
Papal gentlemen serve...
- The
papal household or
pontifical household (usually not
capitalized in the
media and
other ****fficial use, Latin:
Pontificalis Domus),
called until...
-
century until 1870, the pope was the
sovereign or head of
state of the
Papal States, and
since 1929 of the much
smaller Vatican City state. The reigning...
- The
papal shoes are the red
leather outdoor shoes worn by the Pope. They are
distinct from the
indoor papal slippers or the
Episcopal sandals,
which are...
