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Their titles being merely honorific, the modern papal nobility includes descendants of ancient Roman families as well as notable Catholics from many countries. All pontifical noble titles are within the personal gift of the pontiff, and are not recorded in the Official Acts of the Holy See.
Nobility of the Papal States (4 C, 8 P) P. Papal duchesses (1 P) Papal dukes (2 P) Princes of Canino and Musignano (7 P) ... Pages in category "Nobles of the Holy See"
Coat of Arms of the Holy See. This page is a list of popes by country of origin. They are listed in chronological order within each section. As the office of pope has existed for almost two millennia, many of the countries of origin of popes no longer exist, and so they are grouped under their modern equivalents.
Plaque commemorating the popes buried in St. Peter's Basilica (their names in Latin and the year of their burial). This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani" (The Roman Supreme Pontiffs), excluding those that are explicitly indicated as antipopes.
In countries that allow it, the apostolic nunciature is sometimes, though rarely, located outside the capital, perhaps in towns with particularly important religious connections, such as the village of Rabat in Malta, the site of Saint Paul's grotto, and Harissa in Lebanon where Maronite, Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholic Church ...
Nobles of the Holy See (9 C, 20 P) Hungarian nobility (17 C, 336 P) I. Icelandic nobility (1 C, 2 P) ... List of Americans who held noble titles from other countries; M.
Nobles of the Papal States by title (1 C) Polish nobles by title (10 C, 3 P) Portuguese nobles by title (15 C, 1 P) R. Romanian nobles by title (4 C)
Nobles of the Papal States by title (1 C) Pages in category "Nobility of the Papal States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.