Papal chamberlain
The Papal Chamberlain go to the cubicularii (Latin cubicularius " Chamberlain " ) at the court of the Roman emperor in the 4th to 6th century.
At the papal court they were up to the time of Pope Gregory the Great laity, clergy and monks then. From the 12th century they were manifest with ceremonial duties in appearance. They accompanied the Pope with burning torches, held the canopy, looked at the washing of feet on Holy Thursday, at ordinations and especially in the papal coronation with. At the time of Gregory IX. there were two cubicularii; in the Hofordnung Alexander V., there were already three different classes of cubicularii.
From the 15th century there was the following classes for clergy:
- Real secret chamberlain
- Other ( "redundant " ) confidential finance
- Honorary Treasurer and
- Honorary Treasurer outside of Rome
For lay people, there were the classes
- Real secret chamberlain, with sword and sheath (it. Camerieri Segreti di Spada e Cappa Partecipanti )
- Other secret chamberlain, with sword and sheath (it. Camerieri Segreti di Spada e Cappa )
- Honorary Treasurer, with sword and sheath (it. Camerieri d' Onore di Spada e Cappa )
They belonged to the familia Pontificia that formed the papal court, together with the Cappella Pontificia. With the motu proprio Pontificalis domus " Pontifical House " from 1967, the eunuchs were abolished or transferred to new titles were. Then, there are now two Prelati di anticamera who perceive the services of clerics in the Papal household. The honorary title house prelate and Surplus secret chamberlain were renamed in honor Prelate of His Holiness and Chaplain of His Holiness. The forces exerted by lay ministries of the Lord Chamberlain live on in the Gentiluomini di Sua Santita. They are appointed by the Holy See for their outstanding merits, belong to the Pontifical family and taking Honorary services at liturgical celebrations of the Pope as well as specific audiences.
The formal address of this title is also in the German Monsignor.