Cassock
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The cassock, or soutane, is a Christian clerical robe used by the clergy and male religious of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, in addition to some cler
First native Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo, wearing a Roman cassock with the standard 33 buttons. Early 1900s.
Cardinal Prospero Caterini 1795–1881
During procession the cassock is prescribed for high clergy
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone wearing a tropical white cassock trimmed in cardinalatial scarlet in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Pellegrina
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The pellegrina is a cape-like item of clerical dress worn by some Catholic ecclesiastics.
Cassock
…distinct from that worn as choir dress) is black except in tropical countries, where because of the heat it is white and usually without shoulder cape (pellegrina). Coloured piping and buttons are added in accordance with rank: black for priests, purple for chaplains of His Holiness; amaranth red for bishops…
A Catholic bishop (Carmelo Canzonieri of Caltagirone) wearing an amaranth red-trimmed black cassock and pellegrina
Pope Benedict XVI wearing a white pellegrina
Polish Palottine Fathers wearing cassocks with pellegrinas