The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1908-09-05

Of the letter itself he should always
be addressed in the third person and
as Your Eminence' or His Eninence.'
and the letter should end: ,'Embrac-
ing the purple of His Most Reverend
Eminence. am His Eminence's very
humble and ohedient, servant This is
an adaptation of the more complicated
Italian formula PROSTATE al .acio
della sacra porpora, no IGNORE di con-
fermarni delr Eminenza vostra Rev
ma dev'mo ed oss'mo servo The Car
Ginal's address. as written on the en-
velope,. must, be repeated at the left
hand lower corner Of the first page
of the letters of this kind being in
tended to show that there has been
no mistake made in the. address. A
Bishops title is Most Illustrious and
Most Reverend Lord The. words,
Your Greatness.sa translation of the
Latin. On the other hand, Bishops
there generally receive the title Of Ex-
cellency' CEccellenza) A decro. Of
the 'congregatio Ceremonialis,' June.
1893. assigns this title to, Patriarchs,
instead of His. Beautitude,' wrongly
assumed by them. Traditional usage.
indeed, reserves this title to the an
cient instances being met with in
letter from st. Jerome to Pope ST. Da-
'nascus u. ssD. but in. practice Patri-
archs still use It. and 1t is still given
TO them. Nuncios take the title Of
Excellency' in accordance with the
usage of European courts, and custom
accords 1t to legates 81 the Holy. See
in virtue Of their office (see Legate),
Of whom the best known is the Arch
bishop Of Reims,, in France. AS all
Bishops in Italy take or accept this
title. a letter should be addressed:
To His Excellency, the Most Illustri-
Gus and Most Reverend Monsignore N
-. Bishop Of - and should send
with the words: kissing his pastoral
ring. I am His Most IllustrioYs and
Most Reverend Excellency's very
humble and very: obedient servant
Moreover, custom requires that the IT,
tie should be given to the four :prel-
ates known in italian as al f1ochetti'
Chose who have the right to have
tufts on their carriage harnes.),
namely. the vice, chamberlain. the au-
eitor Of the apostolic. chamber, the
treasure Of the same chamber Gan Of
flce not filled since 1870 and the ma.
jordomo. The other prelates 'di man
telletta,' whether enrolled in a college
If prelates or not, have the title Lord
The letter should begin: To the Most
1llustrious and Most Reverend Lord,
Monsignore NJ and end: T am
Your Most nlustrious and Most Rev
erend Lordship's very humble ,serv-
ant In addressing "a :privy chamber
lain ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS e or Papal
chaplain. the. Il tArrr..1 'Monsefgneur;; =
'Monsignore. Reverendissimo' in Ital-
ian), and the letter should end: I
am Your Lordship's very devoted Cor
very humble) servant according to
the writer's rank. A religious should
be addressed as Reverend Father or
Most Reverend Father according to
his rank in his order, and the words
Vostra Paternita' or 'vostra Riveren-
"a Your Paternity or Your Rever-
ence,' used in the letter itself There
are, indeed. certain fine distinctions to
be made in the use of these express
sions, according as the religious writ
ten. to belongs to- one order or an
other; but nowadays these chancery
formulas; once clearly distinguished,
are commonly used Unfortunately.
In writing to one Of community of
Brothers. a simple religious should be
addressed as Very Dear, Brother (the
customary form among the Christian
Brothers). Should he hold position
In his congregation as 'Honored
Brother or Much Honored Brother
BY the 'notu proprio' Of Plus x. (21
February. 1so5), he. conferred on vi
cars general during their tenure Of
Office the title My Lord on canons.
'Reverendo signor. Don N canon
leo d. in French. Monsieur le
chanoine;' in English, The Very Rev.
erend Canon. Consultors Of the Ro-
man congregations have the title. Of
Most Reverend and must be so ad-
dressed at the beginning and end of
letters written to them. Lastly, parish
priests should be addressed in italian
as Reverend Signor Parroco' Or Gu
ratio 'di;' in French as Monsieur lie
Cure in English as The Reverend. A
l-B--.' Parish. priest ccure) is
a general term. Most Of the Italian
provinces have special names for the
office, such as 'pievano,' 'prevosto and
others which it would take too long
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