NUNCIO  , or NuNTIUS APOSTOLICUS, a representative of the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope sent on See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSION

mission . The nuncios are of See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank than the legati a latere, but have practically superseded them as ambassadors of thepapacy . Nuncios were permanently established at various courts and ecclesiastical centres during the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . According to the decision of the See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

congress of See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna the diplomatic rank of a papal nuncio corresponds to that of an See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador . The See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers of a nuncio are limited by his instructions . If a See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

cardinal, as rarely is the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case, he uses the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title See also:

• PRO

pro-nuntius . The pro-nuntius at Vienna has practically the position of a legatus a latere .