Pallium pins

A beautiful selection of Pallium Pins to be worn to fix in place the Pallium which in turn is worn over the chasuble by the pope, archbishops, and some bishops in the Roman Catholic church.  Expertly made in Italy from the finest materials and with true craftsmanship in mind.

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The pallium, in its present Western form, is a narrow band, "three fingers broad", woven of white lamb's wool from sheep raised by Trappist monks, with a loop in the centre resting on the shoulders over the chasuble and two dependent lappets, before and behind; so that when seen from front or back the ornament resembles the letter Y. It is decorated with six black crosses, one on each tail and four on the loop, is doubled on the left shoulder and sometimes is garnished, back and front, with three jeweled gold pins. The two latter characteristics seem to be survivals of the time when the Roman pallium was a simple scarf doubled and pinned on the left shoulder.

The pallium (derived from the Roman pallium or palla, a woolen cloak) is an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church, originally peculiar to the Pope, but for many

centuries bestowed by him on metropolitans and primates as a symbol of the jurisdiction delegated to them by the Holy See.

 

In that context it has remained connected to the papacy