APOSTOLIC INTERNUNCIO. - The term internuntius is used in the briefs of Leo X to designate an envoy who exercises the office of ambassador until the sovereign has sent the actual ambassador: a kind of interim ambassador. I. a. was also the name given to one who took the place of the nuncio, in his absence and until his arrival. Today, however, by "i. a." [internuncio apostolico] is meant a prelate, normally a titular archbishop, who is sent by the Roman Pontiff as his representative, with a permanent assignment and diplomatic character, to the head of a State (Note of the Secretariat of State, 8 May 1916, Fontes CIC, VIII, no. 6457, p. 487). The i. a. differs from the nuncio because he is not, like the latter, equated with the rank of ambassador, but with that of minister plenipotentiary.
This applies solely to ceremonial prerogatives; the functions, on the other hand, are identical to those of the apostolic nuncio.
Staffa, Dino. “Internunzio Apostolico.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 95. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/internunzio-apostolico.
MLA
Staffa, Dino. “Internunzio Apostolico.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 95. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/internunzio-apostolico.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec7_internunzio_apostolico,
author = {Staffa, Dino},
title = {Internunzio Apostolico},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VII},
pages = {95},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/internunzio-apostolico}
}
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