cardinal+legate

  • 1Cardinal — • A dignitary of the Roman Church and counsellor of the pope Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cardinal     Cardinal     † …

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  • 2legate — n. 1. Envoy, deputy, delegate. See ambassador. 2. Papal ambassador, pope s legate, cardinal legate …

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  • 3Legate — • In its broad signification, means that person who is sent by another for some representative office. In the ecclesiastical sense it means one whom the pope sends to sovereigns or governments or only to the members of the episcopate and faithful …

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  • 4Cardinal Richelieu —     Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke de Richelieu     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Armand Jean du Plessis, Duke de Richelieu     Cardinal; French statesman, b. in Paris, 5 September, 1585; d. there 4 December 1642. At first he intended to follow a… …

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  • 5Cardinal Mazarin — For Swedish artist Per Gessle s 2003 album, see Mazarin (album). Jules Mazarin Portrait of Cardinal Jules Mazarin 2nd Chief Minister of the French Monarch …

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  • 6Legate — Latin 1) A papal representative. There were two distinct categories: (I) legatus natus (literally born legate ), a status accorded to the archbishops of Canterbury and York ex officio to reinforce their supremacy within their provinces; (II)… …

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  • 7Cardinal Richelieu — The Red Eminence redirects here. For Soviet statesman, see Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal de Richelieu Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, 1637, Philippe de Champaigne 1st Chief Minister of the …

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  • 8Cardinal-nephew — Pietro Ottoboni, the last Cardinal Nephew, painted by Francesco Trevisani. A cardinal nephew (Latin: cardinalis nepos;[1] Italian: cardinale nipote; …

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  • 9legate — legateship, n. /leg it/, n. 1. an ecclesiastic delegated by the pope as his representative. 2. Rom. Hist. a. an assistant to a general or to a consul or magistrate, in the government of any army or a province; a commander of a legion. b. a… …

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  • 10legate — [[t]le̱gɪt[/t]] legates N COUNT A legate is a person who is the official representative of another person, especially the Pope s official representative in a particular country. [FORMAL] ...Pope Innocent VI s legate, Cardinal Albornoz. Syn:… …

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