Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice
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The Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice, or Quartermaster-General of the Sacred Palaces, was an hereditary official of the Pontifical Household. It was vested in Prince Ruspoli, Prince of Cerveteri.
He was a Participating Privy Chamberlains and the sole lay member of the Noble Privy Antechamber, as well as a Participating Privy Chamberlains of the Sword and Cape (who were all laymen, traditionally holding hereditary posts).
The post was abolished in the reforms of the Papal Curia after 1968.
