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Prothonotary
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A title given to the principal clerk of a court.

PROTHONOTARY. The title given to an officer who officiates as principal clerk of some courts. Vin Ab. h.t.
     2. In the ecclesiastical law, the name of prothonotary is given to an officer of the court of Rome, he is so called because he is the first notary; the Greek word prootos signifying primus or first. These notaries have preeminence over the other notaries, and, are put in the rank of prelates. There are twelve of them. Dict. de Jur. h.t.



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34) A cleric of the archdiocese of Lyons, he was also a papal notary, then apostolic protonotary (protonotarius apostolicus), protodatary (protodatarius), and papal assistant, and was finally raised to the cardinalate in the mass promotion of 1 July 1517, succeeding Giulio as cardinal priest of San Clemente five days later.
Raphael's Portrait Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi ... by Minnich, Nelson H. / Renaissance Quarterly
A key figure here was the unscrupulous careerist Henri Costerius, a protonotary apostolic eager for a bishopric, who as a Borghese client, had powerful friends in Rome.
Tough bishop fights curia & Calvin by Duffy, Eamon / Commonweal
Account of Leipzig Consistory protonotary, November 23, 1703, 41-41', 44-44'.
THE RISE OF THE POOR, WEAK, AND WICKED: POOR CARE, PUNISHMENT, ... by Kevorkian, Tanya / Journal of Social History
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