A court chaplain (Latin: aulae capellanus) was a priest who was the head of the clergy's clergy.
The function of court chaplain may return to the clergy who kept the relics in a royal palace. Gradually, these clergy were given the authority to assign the mis and then also the spiritual jurisdiction over those who stayed in the palace. They became the confessors and spiritual counselors of all who visited the court chapel.
As the number of ministers of a court chapel increased, for example in France, an archipelago was appointed head. This position has been fulfilled by Abbots and Bishops since the time of Charles the Great, and so this official became an important person in court and in the empire.
The Archbishop had not only spiritual jurisdiction over the kapelaans and the members of the court, he also dealt with matters of ecclesiastical and religious nature submitted to the sovereign. Both in the Holy Roman Empire and in France, the team spirit was also chancellor for a long time.
After the reformation in the 16th century, protestants became accused of replacing the arch or court chaplain with a court clerk.
In France, the archipelago was also the great knight. The office disappeared with the French Revolution of 1789, but was restored by Pope Pius IX in 1857 and existed until the end of the second empire in 1870. Externe link
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