Apostolic Chancery

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dicastery of the Roman Curia former administrative office papal chancery

The Apostolic Chancery was a former central office of the Roman Curia responsible for drafting and issuing papal documents and managing key aspects of papal administration.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Apostolic Chancery canonical	4
Apostolic Chancellery	1
Cancellaria Apostolica	1
Office for Papal Letters	1
Papal Chancery court	1
Papal Court	1
Papal chancery	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dicastery of the Roman Curia ⓘ former administrative office ⓘ papal chancery ⓘ
abolishedBy	Pope Paul VI ⓘ reform of the Roman Curia in the 20th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Apostolic Chancery ⓘ surface form: Apostolic Chancellery Apostolic Chancery ⓘ surface form: Cancellaria Apostolica
appliesToJurisdiction	Holy See ⓘ
authorityOver	formal style and form of papal bulls ⓘ registration of papal graces and privileges ⓘ
collegialBody	College of Protonotaries Apostolic ⓘ
country	Papal States ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
documentTypeHandled	apostolic letters ⓘ briefs ⓘ other solemn papal documents ⓘ papal bulls ⓘ
fieldOfWork	canon law administration ⓘ ecclesiastical administration ⓘ papal diplomacy documentation ⓘ
headedBy	Cardinal Vice-Chancellor ⓘ Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church ⓘ surface form: Vice-Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church
historicalRole	central office for the expedition of papal documents ⓘ central office for the production of papal bulls ⓘ central office for the registration of papal letters ⓘ management of certain papal revenues and fees ⓘ
location	Apostolic Palace ⓘ Rome ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
partOf	Roman Curia ⓘ
primaryFunction	drafting papal documents ⓘ issuing papal documents ⓘ managing aspects of papal administration ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
staffedBy	apostolic protonotaries ⓘ notaries ⓘ prelates ⓘ scribes ⓘ
status	suppressed office ⓘ
subordinateTo	Holy See ⓘ Pope ⓘ
successor	Secretariat of State ⓘ other reformed dicasteries of the Roman Curia ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ early modern period ⓘ modern period until 20th century ⓘ
usedLanguage	Latin ⓘ

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Description of subject: The Apostolic Chancery was a former central office of the Roman Curia responsible for drafting and issuing papal documents and managing key aspects of papal administration.

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretariat of State → predecessor → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

Prefecture of the Papal Household → historicalPrecursor → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papal Court

Roman Rota → historicalPrecursor → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papal Chancery court

Section for General Affairs → hasSection → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office for Papal Letters

Apostolic Chancery → alsoKnownAs → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cancellaria Apostolica

Apostolic Chancery → alsoKnownAs → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

this entity surface form: Apostolic Chancellery

this entity surface form: Papal chancery

Curia of Pope Julius II → hasPart → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

papal bull Super universas → promulgatedBy → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ

subject surface form: Super universas

Papal bulls of Pope Pius IV → publisher → Apostolic Chancery ⓘ