Papal vestments Papal vestments A camauro (from the Latin camelaucum, from the Greek kamelauchion, meaning " camel skin hat") is a cap traditionally worn by the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Papal camauros are red with white ermine trim and are worn in place of the biretta. Like the biretta worn by lesser clergy and the mortarboard worn by academics, the camauro derived from the academic cap (the pileus), which was originally worn to protect the tonsured head of the clergy. The camauro is thought to represent the headgear of the " armour of God". ...more on Wikipedia about "Camauro"
The Pallium or Pall (derived, so far as the name is concerned, from the Roman pallium or palla, a woollen cloak) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the Pope, but for many centuries past bestowed by him on metropolitans and primates as a symbol of the jurisdiction delegated to them by the Holy See. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pallium"
The fanon is a vestment reserved for the Pope only during a pontifical Mass. It consists of a double mozzetta, one of silk and gold, the first going under the stole and the second over the chasuble and under the pallium. ...more on Wikipedia about "Papal Fanon"
The most famous symbol of the Papacy is almost certainly the triregnum (a crown with three levels), also called the "tiara" or "triple crown"; recent Popes (since Pope John Paul I) have not, however, worn the triregnum. The tiara was not worn during liturgies. Instead the pope wears the episcopal mitre (an erect cloth hat). Modern popes do not bear a crozier (a bent pastoral staff styled after a shepherd's crook), but rather bears a staff topped by an erect crucifix, a custom established before the thirteenth century, through some popes since then, notably Pope Leo XIII, have used a crozier-like staff. A vestment restricted to the pope is the fanon, a double mozzetta, one of silk and gold, the first going under the stole and the second over the chasuble. The fanon has gone out of common use in recent times but its use has not been abolished as Pope John Paul II made use of the fanon on a few occasions. The Pope also uses the pallium (a circular band of fabric about two inches wide, worn over the chasuble about the neck, breast and shoulders and having two twelve-inch-long pendants hanging down in front and behind, ornamented with six small, black or red crosses distributed about the breast, back, shoulders, and pendants) at all ecclesiastical functions but not subject to the restrictions imposed upon archbishops upon whom the Pope has conferred the right to use the pallium. Traditionally, the Pope uses special satin slippers indoors, and papal shoes outdoors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Papal regalia and insignia"
The Papal Slippers are a historical vestment of the Roman Catholic Church traditionally worn by the pope. They are a form of episcopal sandals worn by early bishops. Red in color to symbolize the blood of the martyrs, the slippers altogether symbolized the submission of the pope to the ultimate authority of Jesus Christ. Elaborately embroidered, the Papal Slippers were made by hand with red satin, red silk, gold threads and soles made of leather. Papal Slippers feature a sewn cross of red rubies. ...more on Wikipedia about "Papal Slippers"
The Ring of the Fisherman or Pescatorio is an official part of the regalia worn by the pope, described by the Roman Catholic Church (of which he is the head) as the successor of Saint Peter, a fisherman by trade. It depicts Peter as a fisherman, a symbolism derived from the tradition that the apostles were "fishers of men." The fisherman's ring is a signet used until 1842 to seal official documents signed by the pope. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ring of the Fisherman"
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