Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice
- Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice
The Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice ("Gran Maestro del Sacro Ospizio"), or Quartermaster-General of the Sacred Palaces, is an hereditary official of the Pontifical Household. On June 28, 1808 Pope Pius VII appointed Prince Francesco Ruspoli Grand Master on a hereditary basis. [Brooke, Douglas (1911) " [http://books.google.com/books?id=-sAPAAAAIAAJ&dq=Ruspoli+maestro+ospizio&q=Ruspoli&pgis=1 The Secrets of the Vatican.] " J.B. Lippincott.]
The Grand Master is a Participating Privy Chamberlains and the sole lay member of the Noble Privy Antechamber, as well as a Participating Privy Chamberlains of the Sword and Cape (who were all laymen, traditionally holding hereditary posts).
Position by date
1808-1829 Prince Francesco Ruspoli, III Prince of Cerveteri1829-1842 Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, IV Prince of Cerveteri1842-1876 Prince Giovanni Ruspoli, V Prince of Cerveteri1876-1907 Prince Francesco Ruspoli, VI Prince of Cerveteri1907-1942 Prince Alessandro Ruspoli, VII Prince of Cerveteri (post was confirmed May 26, 1916)1942-1989 Prince Francesco Maria V Ruspoli, VIII Prince of Cerveteri [the reform of the Papal Curia abolished the post in 1968, keeping the title purely honorary.] 1989-2005 Prince Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli, IX Prince of Cerveteri2005- Prince Francesco Ruspoli, X Prince of Cerveteri
See also
*Ruspoli
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