Sunday, January 10, 2010

Sedia Gestatoria (Triumphal Chair)


Hic Est Svccessor S. Petri Capvt Eccles. Catholic.

4 comments:

  1. Hic Est Svccessor S. Petri Capvt Eccles. Catholic

    Rather than the above, don't you think the
    following is more accurate?

    His Est Svccessor S. Petri Vicarius Capitis
    Ecclessiae Catholicae

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  2. The quote was taken verbatim from an old papal coin from 1845...

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  3. Ah... Gregory XVI, the man who made Pius IX seem like a liberal.

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  4. Wish to see the Sedia in use again in my lifetime. 40 and counting. Over a thousand years of tradition, gone?

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