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Definition of Gonfalonier

Gonfalonier
Gonfalonier Gon`fa*lon*ier", n. [F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere.] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in medi[ae]veal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper.

Meaning of Gonfalonier from wikipedia

- The Gonfalonier (literally: "banner-bearer"/ "standard bearer") (Italian: Gonfaloniere) was the holder of a highly prestigious communal office in medieval...
- The Gonfalonier of the Church or Papal Gonfalonier (Italian: Gonfaloniere della Chiesa, "standard-bearer"; Latin: Vexillifer Ecclesiæ) was a military and...
- Gonfaloniere of Justice (Gonfaloniere di Giustizia) was a post in the government of medieval and early Renaissance Florence. Like Florence's Priori, it...
- returned to Rome to celebrate a triumph and to receive the title of Papal Gonfalonier from his father. In 1500 the creation of twelve new cardinals granted...
- General of the Church Chorbishop Coarb Commissary Apostolic Datarius Gonfalonier of the Church Honorary Prelate Minor canon Notarius Ostiarius Peritus...
- re****tion or (later) a relative of the pope. The parallel office of gonfalonier was more a formal and ceremonial honor than the responsibility of a tactical...
- and Venafri, Count of Dyois, Lord of Piombino, Camerino, and Urbino, Gonfalonier and Captain-general of Holy Church: a History and Some Criticisms. New...
- Bernardo Guadagni (1361 – 1434) was twice elected Gonfalonier of Justice (President of the Republic of Florence). During his second term, he had his powerful...
- See. To compensate for this gesture the Pope appointed King Peter II Gonfalonier of the Church and that the Church's banner had the colours of the crown...
- mistress at Bologna before his papacy, castellan of Sant'Angelo and Gonfalonier of the Church; Venice, anxious to please the Pope, enrolled his son among...