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[1]: 182 As a result, Vatican interests in China were represented by an Apostolic Delegate (which does not have formal diplomatic status) until the 1940s. [1]: 182 Relations between France and the Holy See were renewed after the First World War in 1921 and had very much improved under the presidency of Charles de Gaulle.
Represented the Austrian Archduke Charles, which the Pope had recognized as King of Spain. 1717 1725 Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona: 1726 1732 Marco Cornelio Bentivoglio [12] 1732 1734 Luis Antonio de Belluga y Moncada: 1735 1747 Troiano Acquaviva d'Aragona [13] 1747 1748 Alfonso Clemente de Aróstegui: 1748 1760 Joaquín Fernández Portocarrero ...
This incomplete list of French ambassadors to the Holy See since the Middle Ages includes all regimes from the Kingdom of France to the current French Republic: Ambassadors from the Kingdom of France
The Holy See, not Vatican City, maintains diplomatic relations with states. [50] Foreign embassies are accredited to the Holy See, not to Vatican City, and it is the Holy See that establishes treaties and concordats with other sovereign entities. When necessary, the Holy See will enter a treaty on behalf of Vatican City.
Holy See–Spain relations are foreign relations between the Holy See and Spain. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1480. This is the oldest permanent diplomatic mission in history. The Holy See has a nunciature in Madrid. Spain has an embassy in Rome.
See France–Holy See relations. Relations between France and the Catholic Church are very ancient and have existed since the fifth century AD, and have been durable to the extent that France is sometimes called the eldest daughter of the Church. Areas of cooperation between Paris and the Holy See have traditionally included education, health ...
The papal nobility are the aristocracy of the Holy See, composed of persons holding titles bestowed by the Pope. From the Middle Ages into the nineteenth century, the papacy held direct temporal power in the Papal States , and many titles of papal nobility were derived from fiefs with territorial privileges attached.
By a long-standing usage, evidenced already in 431, when the Council of Ephesus, the third ecumenical council, employed the phrase "our most holy and blessed pope Cœlestine, bishop of the Apostolic See", [41] the expression, "the Apostolic See", is used in the singular and capitalized to mean specifically the Holy See and represent the Pope as ...