Officials chosen by the pope to examine all candidates in Rome for the reception of Orders and for permission to hear confessions, first constituted by Pius V, 1570.
Officials chosen by the pope to examine all candidates in Rome for the reception of Orders and for permission to hear confessions, first constituted by Pius V, 1570.
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