Monstrance
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A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium, is a vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic, High Church Lutheran and Anglican churches for ostension, e.g., the display on an altar of some object of
A traditional "solar" monstrance
The Blessed Sacrament in a monstrance carried in a procession by a priest wearing a humeral veil
Two monstrances, showing the contrast between the modern simplified design on the right with its more ornate predecessor on the left
Monstrance given to the Monastery of Alcobaça by Dom João Dornelas in 1412, with some later additions during the baroque period, National Museum of Ancient Art, Portugal
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, also called Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament or the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction, is a devotional ceremony, celebrated especially in the R
Cardinal Godfried Danneels vested in a humeral veil, holding a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament
Benediction at a Carmelite friary in Ghent, Belgium
Benediction at the Manila Cathedral