Wednesday, January 14, 2015

"Prefectures"................Japan has those.........................Quartermaster...........a Naval term..........also used in the Marine Corps.........


The nobility that was closely associated with the Holy See at the time of the Papal States continued to be associated with the Papal Court after the loss of these territories, generally with merely nominal duties (see Papal Master of the HorsePrefecture of the Pontifical HouseholdHereditary officers of the Roman CuriaBlack Nobility). They also formed the ceremonial Noble Guard. In the first decades of the existence of the Vatican City State,executive functions were entrusted to some of them, including that of Delegate for the State of Vatican City (now denominated President of the Commission for Vatican City). But with the motu proprio Pontificalis Domus of 28 March 1968,[49] Pope Paul VI abolished the honorary positions that had continued to exist until then, such as Quartermaster General and Master of the Horse.[50]

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