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In the early seventeenth century it became customary for knights of Malta who committed \ncrimes to appeal to the tribunal of the Apostolic Chamber (Audentia Camera) in Rome. \nThe Grand Masters of the Order of St John in Malta blamed this practice on the advent of \nthe Apostolic Visitor and Roman Inquisitor in 1574 and saw its activities as a direct \ninfringement of their authority over members of the Order and their subjects in Malta. \nTherefore on occasions successive Grand Masters found ways to “protest” with the Holy See \nclaiming that the activities of the Apostolic Chamber were a threat to their rule, but the \nGrand Masters could not go beyond protesting because the Order of St John was above all \na Catholic religious institution and the Pope in Rome was its ultimate head

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• Court and Politics in Papal Rome, 1492–1700

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