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The title was adopted in the year 642 by Pope Theodore and was used for centuries, though it was not until 1863, during the pontificate of Pope Pius IX, that.
This honorific designation has reappeared among the list of “historical titles” used to designate the theological and temporal reality of the pontifical office.
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