Protonotaire
In the beginning, the protonotaire is the first notary of the Roman Emperor. To the the Middle Ages, the title is given to various laic dignitaries. In the Roman Catholic church, the apostolic protonotaire is an officer of the the Holy See which receives and dispatches the acts of the public consistory S.
Catholic church
The apostolic protonotaires were instituted by Clément I {{er}} to write the life of the martyrs, to assist with the payment of the taxes, indulgences, the exemptions to canonizations, to teach the catholic liturgy or sacred music etc They are prelates without episcopal dignity, superiors in title with the other apostolic notaries.
One distinguishes the participating protonotaires ( of number participantium ), exerting their load, which form a college, and the supernumerary protonotaires ( supra numerum ), formerly called AD instar participantium , whose title is honorary.
Until the reform of the years 1960, the pontifical family included/understood also protonotaires apostolic fees or holders, whose title was also purely honorary. The latter were often called “protonotaires black” because of the color of their costume.
The general vicars and capitulary vicars ( today administrators diocesans ) hold the privileges of the titular protonotaires lasting munere (for the duration of their load), of which the title of “Monseigneur”.
Costume of chorus
The protonotaires apostolic participants carry to the chorus a cassock violet whose buttons and threaded are crimson, a ratchet under a '' mantelletta '' violet, as well as the black bar with red bunch crimson.
The supernumerary protonotaires apostolic carry same the cassock but cover the surplis and the black bar without the red bunch.
The protonotaires apostolic holders and those which had the privileges of them related to the black cassock, the ratchet and the mantelet, blacks also.
Heraldic
The apostolic pronotaires of number and the supernumerary apostolic protonotaires stamp of a hat of crimson of which hang each side of the cords of mouths with six of the same bunches, without the episcopal cross nor the pontifical badges (miter and stick).
The protonotaires apostolic fees or holders and those which have the privileges of them (general vicars and administrators diocesans throughout their load) stamp of a sand hat of which hang each side of the sand cords with six of the same bunches.
Category: Roman curia
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