Related Research Articles
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 in the Apostolic Palace near St. Peter's Basilica in ceremonial positions, such as escorting dignitaries during state visits and other important occasions. The position is a successor to the earlier position of papal chamberlain, that existed prior to 1968; it is a local name for the old court position of valet de chambre. To be appointed is an honor. The appointee is an unpaid volunteer.
Curia regis is a Latin term meaning "royal council" or "king's court". It was the name given to councils of advisers and administrators in medieval Europe who served kings, including kings of France, Norman kings of England and Sicily, kings of Poland and the kings and queens of Scotland.
A precentor is a person who helps facilitate worship. The details vary depending on the religion, denomination, and era in question. The Latin derivation is præcentor, from cantor, meaning "the one who sings before".
Chancellor is an ecclesiastical title used by several quite distinct officials of some Christian churches.
The Bishop of Bangor is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Bangor. The see is based in the city of Bangor where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is at Cathedral Church of Saint Deiniol.
Quo primum is the incipit of an Apostolic constitution in the form of a papal bull issued by Pope Pius V on 14 July 1570. It promulgated the Roman Missal, and made its use obligatory throughout the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, except where there existed a different Mass liturgy of the Latin Rite of at least two hundred years' standing.
Joseph Foster was an English genealogist whose transcriptions of records held by the Inns of Court and the University of Oxford are still important historical resources.
Zacharias of Mytilene, also known as Zacharias Scholasticus or Zacharias Rhetor, was a bishop and ecclesiastical historian.
Richard Batchden was an English medieval university chancellor.
Shyane is a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is one of 21 civil parishes in the historical barony of Eliogarty. It is divided into three townlands: Clobanna, Rossestown and Coolgarrane.
Morfyw was bishop of Bangor from c. 904 to 944 and bishop of Meneva for about one year around 945.
Rhydderch was a 10th-century bishop of Meneva.
William Spridlington was Dean of St Asaph from 1357 until 1376; and then Bishop of St Asaph from 1376 until his death on 9 April 1382.
Llywelyn ap Madog was Dean of St Asaph until 1357 ; and then Bishop of St Asaph from then until his death in 1375.
Dafydd ab Owain was Bishop of St Asaph from 1503 until 1512.
Mordaf was a bishop in Wales during the 10th century.
John Whiteheare was the second Dean of Bristol.
Henry Joliffe B.D. was Dean of Bristol from 1554 to 1559.
George Royse DD was Dean of Bristol from 1694 until his death.
The Council of Arbanon was a conference of the Catholic Church held in Mërqia, three kilometers north of present-day Lezhë, on 14–15 January 1703, to affirm the position of the Catholic Church in Albania and to stem the tide of conversions to Islam.
References
- ↑ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
 | This Catholic Church–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |