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by the protonotary of the kingdom
One of the highest officials of the judicial system in Sicily, responsible for the appointment of judges and notaries.
Alfonso V (1396-1458). The Sicilian and Neapolitan crowns were united under Alfonso V, though Sicily remained a kingdom. Thereafter, the Kingdom of Sicily was politically linked to peninsular Italy.
Alfonso the Magnanimous
Santa Congregazione della Immunità
The Congregation of Ecclesiastical Immunity founded in 1623 by Pope Urban VIII, examined controversies concerning the violation of ecclesiastical jurisdiction by the lay courts.