Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or duty of dating and despatching papal documents; specifically, a branch of the Curia at Rome, established about the end of the thirteenth century by Pope Boniface VIII., for the purpose of dating, registering, and despatching all bulls and documents issued by the pope, examining and reporting upon petitions, etc., and granting favors and dispensations under certain conditions and limitations. See
datary . - noun An officer of the chancery at Rome, who directly represents the pope in all matters relating to grants, dispensations, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.
- noun The office or employment of a datary.
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- noun an
officer in theRoman Catholic Church whodispensed benefices
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Examples
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The tax granted by the datary for the contracting of marriage out of the permitted seasons, is twenty carlins; and in the permitted periods, if the contracting parties are the second or third degree of kindred, it is commonly twenty-five ducats, and four for expediting the bulls; and in the fourth degree, seven tournois, one ducat, six carlins.
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It is formed of the cardinal penitentiary, the theologian, the datary, the corrector, the sealer (sigillatore), and the canonist, the secretary also taking part in it, but without a vote.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The Dataria consists, first, of a cardinal who is its chief and who, until the recent Constitution, was called the pro-datary, but now has the official title of datary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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According to him, it was probable that the title of vice-chancellor arose in the same way as the title of pro-datary, the custom having been to call the head of the datary office
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The Constitution "Sapienti consilio" provided that the ancient formulae of Bulls should be changed, and the duty of preparing new ones was given to a commission of cardinals composed of the chancellor, the datary, and the secretary of the Consistorial Congregation.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The chief members of this body are the two palatine cardinals -- cardinal datary and the cardinal secretary of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Formerly the cardinal datary always lived with the pope; the secretary of State, even now, lives in the Vatican Palace and is the pontiff's confidential officer.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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After the cardinal comes the subdatary, a prelate of the Curia who assists the datary, and takes the latter's place, upon occasion, in almost all of his functions.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Congregation of the Council; while the secretary of the latter congregation is also secretary of the Congregation of Loreto, an office formerly belonging to the sub-datary.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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After the regent comes the theologian, whom it has long been usual to select from the Society of Jesus; then come the datary, the canonist, the corrector, the sealer (sigillatore), and some copyists, besides a secretary, a surrogate (sostituto), and an archivist.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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