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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 911 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NUNCIO , or NuNTIUS APOSTOLICUS, a representative of the See also:

pope sent on See also:diplomatic See also:mission. The nuncios are of See also:lower See also:rank than the legati a latere, but have practically superseded them as ambassadors of thepapacy. Nuncios were permanently established at various courts and ecclesiastical centres during the 16th See also:century. According to the decision of the See also:congress of See also:Vienna the diplomatic rank of a papal nuncio corresponds to that of an See also:ambassador. The See also:powers of a nuncio are limited by his instructions. If a See also:cardinal, as rarely is the See also:case, he uses the See also:title See also:pro-nuntius. The pro-nuntius at Vienna has practically the position of a legatus a latere.

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