Pallium
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The pallium is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the pope, but for many centuries bestowed by the Holy See upon metropolitans and primates as a symbol of their
The pallium of Pope John XXIII, which is the current design, displayed in the museum of the Archdiocese of Gniezno
Pope Innocent III depicted wearing the pallium around the breast in a fresco at the Sacro Speco Cloister
Christ as the Good Shepherd, carrying a lamb on his shoulders. Image of a mosaic from circa AD 300-350 at the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta, Aquileia.
Raban Maur (left), Alcuin (middle) and Archbishop Otgar of Mainz (right), wearing the pallium. From a 9th-century manuscript.
Cardinal (Catholic Church)
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A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the visib
Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister of France in the early 17th century
Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna and Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono, pictured in the early 1930s
Choir dress of a cardinal
Cardinal-priest Thomas Wolsey