Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena, Marquesa de La Iglesia Católica was an Argentine aristocrat and philanthropist. She commissioned the San Martín Palace and funded the construction of the Basilica of
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
Papal nobility
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The papal nobility are the aristocracy of the Holy See, composed of persons holding titles bestowed by the Pope in his capacity as the head of state of Vatican City. From the Middle Ages into the nine
Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena
…Latin American College in Rome. She was ennobled by Pope Pius XI and awarded the Pontifical Golden Rose, becoming the first Argentine to be made a papal marchioness. Castellanos de Anchorena was born on 24 September 1840 in Rosario, Santa Fe, to Aarón Castellanos, a military leader and businessman, and Secundina…
Christopher, Count de Paus (1862–1943), in the court dress of a papal chamberlain. A Norwegian convert to Catholicism, he was appointed a papal chamberlain by Benedict XV in 1921 and created a count by Pius XI in 1923.