This use of the title is said to have originated in the right conceded to the king of France, by the concordat between Pope Leo X and Francis I ( 1516 ), to appoint abbés commendataires to most of the abbeys in France.

The union was confirmed by Pope Paul V in 1606, at which time the congregation added the name of St. Barnabas to its title, adopted new constitutions, divided its houses into four provinces, two of them, St Clement's and St Pancras's, being in Rome.

Although various Ambrosians were given the title of Blessed in recognition of their holiness: Antonio Gonzaga of Mantua, Filippo of Fermo, and Gerardo of Monza, the order was eventually dissolved by Pope Innocent X in 1650.

Immediately after, he received several marks of distinction: he was made President of the Accademia di San Luca, the main artistic institution in Rome, and by the hand of the Pope himself his name was inscribed in " the Golden Volume of the Capitol ", and he received the title of Marquis of Ischia, with an annual pension of 3000 crowns.

In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI gave up the title of Patriarch of the West.

The first recorded use of the title by a Roman Pope was by Theodore I in 620.

In 1830, Pope Pius VIII bestowed upon Bernard the title " Doctor of the Church ".

In 739 he was offered the title of Consul by the Pope, but he refused.

Pope Paul VI gave her the title of Doctor of the Church in 1970 along with Saint Teresa of Ávila making them the first women to receive this honour.

* His full title is Pope and Lord Archbishop of the Great City of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Orthodox and Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark the Evangelist and Holy Apostle that is, in Egypt, Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and all Africa.

It is to be noted that only the Patriarch of Alexandria has the double title of Pope and Patriarch among the Eastern Orthodox and the Oriental Orthodox Thrones.

The current Dalai Lama is often called " His Holiness " ( HH ) by Westerners ( by analogy with the Pope ), although this does not translate to a Tibetan title.

In the meantime, the Bulgarian imperial title may have been also confirmed by the Pope.

The Patriarch therefore, like the Pope before him now enjoys the title of “ first among equals ”.

In 1982 Pope John Paul II conferred beatification, in recognition of the holiness of his life, thereby making the title of " Blessed " official.

The allegiance of mercenary leaders was dependent, of course, on pay ; in 1433-1435, Sforza led the Milanese attack on the Papal States, but when he conquered Ancona, in the Marche, he changed sides, obtaining the title of vicar of the city directly from Pope Eugene IV.

He was appointed grand penitentiary shortly after election of Pope Innocent VI in December 1352 and given the epithet " Angel of Peace ", a title which quickly became a sad misnomer as his future actions in the Papal States would drench the Italian countryside in blood from the River Po until the Garigliano.

In 962 Otto I was crowned Holy Roman Emperor (), although the Roman imperial title was first restored to Charlemagne by the Pope in 800.

Together, Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon were known as the " Catholic Monarchs " (), a title bestowed on them by Pope Alexander VI.

On many occasions, a Pope refused to crown a king with whom he was engaged in a dispute, but a lack of a papal coronation deprived a king of only the title Emperor and not of the power to govern ( cf Declaration of Rhens ).

Later, the attempt of Alessandro ( died February 9, 1604 ) to obtain the title of Monterotondo was thwarted by Pope Gregory XIII.

The earliest record of the use of this title was in regard to the by then deceased Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope Heraclas of Alexandria ( 232 – 248 ).

The earliest recorded use of the title " pope " in English dates to the mid-10th century, when it was used in reference to Pope Vitalian in an Old English translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People.

From the 6th century the title began to be used particularly of the Bishop of Rome, and in the late 11th century Pope Gregory VII issued a declaration that has been widely interpreted as stating this by then established Western convention.

The best-known title, that of " Pope ", does not appear in the official list, but is commonly used in the titles of documents, and appears, in abbreviated form, in their signatures.

He went to Key West every fall and winter and was the only man in town who did not know that his title of `` Commodore '' was never used without irony.

The earlier of them was an unofficial enterprise, sponsored by Life magazine, under the title of The National Purpose.

In order to further refine the management of passenger vehicles, on July 1, 1958, the actual title to every vehicle was transferred, by Executive Order, to the Division of Methods, Research and Office Services.

In Berlin he published his views of the chemical laws of nature in German and this was issued in French translation ( Paris, 1813 ) under the title Recherches Sur l'identite Des Forces chimiques et electriques, a work held in very high esteem by the new generation of research chemists.

In substance, said the Court, there was no transfer of equitable title.

Again it was used as the title for the hoss wrangler, and when the order was given to go out and `` rustle the hosses '', it meant for 'im to go out and herd 'em in.

Implementation of Georgia's automobile title law was also recommended by the outgoing jury.

Van Brocklin, the quarterback who led the Eagles to the title, was signed by the Vikings last Wednesday.

For example, there was sheet music with the word `` jazz '' in the title, to illustrate how a word of uncertain origin took hold.

She asked him and, laughing, she added, `` I was nervous about buying a book with a title like that, but I knew you'd like it ''.

Lincoln later noted that this move was " partly on account of slavery " but mainly due to land title difficulties.

The title " teacher " was first given to Aristotle by Muslim scholars, and was later used by Western philosophers ( as in the famous poem of Dante ) who were influenced by the tradition of Islamic philosophy.

Aplu, it is suggested, comes from the Akkadian Aplu Enlil, meaning " the son of Enlil ", a title that was given to the god Nergal, who was linked to Shamash, Babylonian god of the sun.

Aplu, meaning the son of, was a title given to the god Nergal, who was linked to the Babylonian god of the sun Shamash.

A port was in development for the 5200 and advertised as a launch title but never officially released, although an unofficial release was produced by AtariAge.

The Atari 7800 version was a launch title and featured co-operative play, it was the built in game on the European Atari 7800 release.

( This package was released for the PC a year earlier under the title Atari: 80 Classic Games in One.

The title was an implicit admission that such chapters as Chapter 7, " The Piper at the Gates of Dawn ", could not survive translation to the theatre.