Pellegrina
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The pellegrina is a cape-like item of clerical dress worn by some Catholic ecclesiastics.
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
Amaranth (color)
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Amaranth is a reddish-rose color that is a representation of the color of the flower of the amaranth plant. The color shown is the color of the red amaranth flower, but there are other varieties of am
Pellegrina
…mozzetta but open in front, the pellegrina is a short shoulder cape reaching to the elbow. It is made of black or white material trimmed and lined with amaranth red (for bishops) or scarlet red (for cardinals). The pope's pellegrina is entirely white. In some countries, priests wear a pellegrina of the same colour…
The flower of the amaranth plant