ablegate

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The insignia of the high dignity soon reached the city borne by a member of the Pope's noble guard and a Papal Ablegate.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 by Various

A cardinal had just been created in Australia, and an officer of the Noble Guard had to be sent with the Ablegate to carry the biglietto and the skull-cap.

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

Ablegate, ab′le-gāt, n. a papal envoy who carries the insignia of office to a newly-appointed cardinal.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various