"The pope, by virtue of his primacy of jurisdiction, has the right to send legates to provide for the unity of Faith and for ecclesiastical discipline, and to choose them at will. Though self-evident, this authority of the pope has been contested from a very early period."
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Bonaventura Cerretti
Bonaventura Cerretti (17 June 1872 – 8 May 1933) was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.
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