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Nuncio
(redirected from Apostolic legate)

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NUNCIO. The name given to the Pope's ambassador. Nuncios are ordinary or extraordinary; the former are sent upon usual missions, the latter upon special occasions.



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Unless he were an apostolic legate and therefore could wear red, the mozzetta worn in the papal chapel or in public by a cardinal was to be off-violet, obscure purple, or dusty bronze in color.
 
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