Noun: Papal Chamberlain
- Prior to 1968, a court title given by the Pope to high-ranking clergy and laypersons, usually members of prominent Italian noble families, who served as personal attendants to the Pope
"From the days of Pope Leo I (440-461) the pontifical household had included papal chamberlains who were personal attendants on the Pope in his private apartments"
Type of: form of address, title, title of respect
Encyclopedia: Papal Chamberlain