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His services were recognized by the Pope, who four years ago invested him with the dignity of domestic prelate and the title of monsignor.

Monsignor Majelli, a domestic prelate to pope Benedict XIV., in his     dissertation on the Stylites, or religious men living on pillars,     represents the pillar of St. Simeon enclosed with rails around the     top.

Her talk was generally about our old school and my old schoolfellows, many of whom came to the convent for her "retreats," which were under the spiritual direction of one of the Pope's domestic prelates.