Traditional † Catholicism

So our Mass goes back, without essential change, to the age when it first developed out of the oldest liturgy of all. It is still redolent of that liturgy, of the days when Cæsar ruled the world and thought he could stamp out the faith of Christ, when our fathers met together before dawn and sang a hymn to Christ as to a God. The final result of our enquiry is that, in spite of unsolved problems, in spite of later changes, there is not in Christendom another rite so venerable as ours. ~Fortescue

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Friday, November 23, 2007

Blessed Pius IX's Mitre

This could possibly be the Mitre that Pope Benedict will soon wear.

(Picture sent by a friend from Livorno who received it from a friend from Milano)

I thought that no one had worn the Mitre after Bl. Pius IX, but we can see that Pope John Paul II wore it once. Well, he had to wear something that had to go with the Eastern Mitre-crowns.

The Immaculate Conception Mitre seems somewhat smaller (compared to the ones worn by Pius XII & John XXIII). However, as seen in this picture of Pope Pius IX, it seems he had a preference for somewhat smaller Mitres (but not ugly like the modern ones). (The above is supposed to be a picture -not a painting- that was later retouched, but I cannot prove it).
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This picture (of vestments that belonged to Bl. Pius IX) again shows a beautiful Mitre that was smaller than the ones worn by Pius XII and John XXIII.