_Moroni_ (Bergamese: 1525-1578). _See 697._
The letter in his hand is addressed to himself, and tells us that he
is Ludovico di Terzi, Canon of Bergamo, and an Apostolic Prothonotary.
These latter functionaries, of whom there are still twelve in the Roman
Church, are the chiefs of what may be called the Record Office of the
Church. It is their business to draw up the reports of all important
Church functions, such as the enthronements of new popes and public
consistories. It is an office of much dignity--as this holder of it
seems to be fully conscious, and the prothonotaries rank with bishops
in the Church.