The constitution of the Chancery, which in the case of the Holy See seems to date back to a schola notariorum, with a primicerius at its head, of which we hear under Pope Julius I (337–352), varied from period to period, and the part played by the different officials composing it necessarily varied also.
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But the medieval criticism of documents was not very satisfactory even in the hands of a jurist like Pope Alexander III.
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