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  Pallium
Worn by the pope, the pallium symbolizes the plenitudo pontificalis officii (i.e.
The use of the pallium among metropolitans did not become general until the ninth century, when the obligation was laid upon all metropolitans of forwarding a petition for the pallium accompanied by a solemn profession of faith, all consecrations being forbidden them before the reception of the pallium.
That the insertion of small leaden weights in the vertical ends of the pallium was usual an early as the thirteenth century is proved by the discovery in 1605 of the pallium enveloping the body of Boniface VIII, and by the fragments of the pallium found in the tomb of Clement IV.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/pallium.html   (1926 words)

  
 Pallium - LoveToKnow 1911
The first recorded example of the bestowal of the pallium by the popes is the grant of Pope Symmachus in 513 to Caesarius of Arles, as papal vicar.
This payment, originally supposed to be voluntary, became one of the great abuses of the papacy, especially during the period of the Renaissance, and it was the large amount (raised largely by indulgences) which was paid by Albert, archbishop of Mainz, to the papacy that roused Luther to protest.
Though the pallium is thus a vestment distinctive of bishops having metropolitan jurisdiction, it may only be worn by them within their jurisdiction, and then only on certain solemn occasions.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pallium   (672 words)

  
 Pallium
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 origin of the pallium as an ecclesiastical vestment is lost in antiquity.
The ceremonial connected with the preparation of the pallium and its bestowal upon the pope at his coronation, however, suggests some such symbolism.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pa/Pallium.html   (133 words)

  
 PALLIUM. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
It is woven of wool from two lambs presented to the pope at the Church of St. Agnes on her feast day.
Certain liturgical functions, such as ordination, require the use of the pallium, and an archbishop may not perform those until he has received it.
The pallium is as old as the 6th cent.
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 Archdiocese of Vancouver - Archbishop Adam Exner, OMI - Pallium
Archbishop Exner received the pallium, symbol of his authority as a metropolitan Archbishop, from the hands of Pope John Paul II on the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1991.
The pallium is made (at least partially) from the wool of lambs - suggesting Christ, the Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd - presented each year to the Pope on the feast of St. Agnes.
May this pallium be a symbol of unity and a sign of your communion with the Apostolic See, a bond of love, and an incentive to courage.
www.rcav.org /exner/pallium.htm   (240 words)

  
 Current News: Pallium Ceremony June 29
The palliums are placed on the tomb of St. Peter on June 28 and blessed by the Pope after the first vespers of the Solemnity of Sts.
The pallium was at first a distinctly papal vestment; it has been used by popes since the first half of the fourth century.
During the early centuries, the pallium was a band of linen with a fl or red cross on each end.
www.archdioceseofhartford.org /news/04-06-28_pallium.htm   (452 words)

  
 Pallium - OrthodoxWiki
The pallium (or pall) is an ecclesiastical vestment used in the Church of Rome and originally worn only by the Bishop of Rome.
In its present form the pallium is a narrow band of cloth, "three fingers broad," woven of white lamb's wool from sheep raised in Valencia, Spain, with a loop in the centre resting on the shoulders over the chasuble, and two dependent lappets, before and behind.
In origin the pallium and the omophorion, used in the Orthodox Church, are the same vestment.
orthodoxwiki.org /Pallium   (248 words)

  
 Pallium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In origin the pallium and the omophorion are the same vestment.
The remainder of the pallium is made of white wool, part of which is supplied by two lambs presented annually as a tax by the Lateran Canons Regular to the Chapter of St. John on the feast of St.
The pallium was formerly conferred in Rome by a cardinal deacon, and outside of Rome by a bishop; in both cases the ceremony took place after the celebration of Mass and the administration of an oath.
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 Pilot Stories - 6/25/2004 - Archbishop O’Malley will receive pallium on June 29th
When Pope John Paul II places the pallium on the shoulders of Archbishop Seán P. O’Malley on Tuesday evening, June 29th in the square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, it will be another one of those historic days for the archdiocese.
It seems that at this point that three pins were needed to secure the pallium to the chasuble —; one to attach the back fold to the chasuble, another to attach the front fold and a third to attach the overlapping parts on the left shoulder.
It is by this time, mid-fourth century, that the pallium becomes an exclusively episcopal and ecclesiastical ornament of the vestments of certain bishops.
www.rcab.org /Pilot/2004/ps040625/Pallium.html   (1052 words)

  
 Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
The other complementary aspect, which the rite of the pallium illustrates very well, is that of the catholicity of the Church, which, in fact, was sent by Christ to proclaim the Gospel to all nations and to serve the whole of humanity.
The pallium, a narrow stole of white wool worn around the neck, is a sign of unity and communion with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, head of the College of Bishops.
The faithful who have come to the reception of the pallium are invited to remain in communion with their pastors and to pray for the pastoral mission entrusted to them.
www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=56133   (713 words)

  
 CNS STORY: Pope's pallium noticeably different from ones he'll give archbishops
For hundreds of years the pope's pallium, like the one still worn by archbishops, was a circular band of wool with a 12-inch-long strip hanging from the center down the front and the back.
The pope and archbishops wear the pallium as a sign of their authority over the Christian community, but it is the Gospel authority of a shepherd called to carry his sheep, to lead them and feed them.
An archbishop's pallium is made from the wool of lambs blessed by the pope on the feast of St. Agnes.
www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0603590.htm   (729 words)

  
 Shouts In The Piazza: The Pallium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
An archbishop, therefore, who has not received the pallium may not exercise any of his functions as metropolitan, nor any metropolitan prerogatives whatever; he is technically even forbidden to perform any episcopal act until invested with the pallium.
Other than by the Pope the pallium is conferred in Rome by a cardinal-deacon, and outside of Rome by a bishop; in both cases the ceremony takes place after the celebration of Mass and the administration of the oath of allegiance.
This is actually a bit silly as the origin of the pins was to hold the pallium in place at the points where it was folded.
shoutsinthepiazza.blogspot.com /2006/06/pallium.html   (701 words)

  
 THE VALUE AND MEANING OF THE NEW RULES CONCERNING THE PALLIUM
There are twenty-nine archiepiscopal non-metropolitan sees to which the Pallium has been granted as a privilege of honour in the bull of the elevation of the see from an episcopal to an archiepiscopal one.
As to the personal privilege of the Pallium one can recall that on the 18th December 1884 Leo XIII conferred it on Monsignor Eugene Lachat, on the occasion of his promotion from the diocese of Basle to the titular archiepiscopal church of Dumïät, appointing him Apostolic Administrator of the Canton of Ticino.
In fact, this is the other important aspect of the Pallium, that is, of being the symbol of a special communion which unites the metropolitan as such with the Roman Pontiff and which for this reason makes that union different from that of the other bishops.
www.ewtn.com /library/CHISTORY/PALLIUM.HTM   (966 words)

  
 New Melbourne and Sydney archbishops receive the pallium
It was the second pallium for Dr Pell, the former Archbishop of Melbourne.
The pallium is a white woollen circular band worn around the upper body over vestments, and has been presented by the Pope to all archbishops since the sixth century.
Archbishop Hart said it was a "humbling experience" to receive the pallium before the leaders of the Catholic Church, and said he was looking forward to returning to Melbourne to take up his new position.
www.cathtelecom.com /news/107/02.php   (215 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Archbishop of Bangalore receives pallium from Pope
The pallium is made of wool obtained from the two young lambs, which have been blessed at the high altar of St. Agnes Church in Rome and then offered to the Pope.
They are supposed to wear the pallium within the limits of their ecclesiastical province while observing the ceremonies and solemnities.
The pallium is a circular band, which is two inches wide and has two pendants, one suspended at the front and one at the back.
www.hindu.com /2005/07/13/stories/2005071318860200.htm   (375 words)

  
 Pilot Stories - 7/16/2004 - A new insignia for Archbishop O’Malley
The pallium, a Mass vestment, is used by a metropolitan archbishop on more solemn occasions when he is the principal celebrant of a Mass.
Because the pallium is a symbol of his metropolitan status, he may use it only within the metropolitan province, but not outside of it.
Peter and Paul — chosen for the giving of the pallium, but also from the fact that the pallium is taken from the “tomb of the apostle Peter” of whom the pope is the successor.
www.rcab.org /Pilot/2004/ps040716/PalliumQ_A.html   (1185 words)

  
 Sensory processing in the pallium of a mormyrid fish   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The pallium is a general term for a mantle of gray matter that covers the telencephalon.
Although, the pallium is one of the most intensely studied structures in mammals, in nonmammalian brain physiology it is perhaps the most neglected.
Before recent anatomical tracer studies, the teleost pallium was considered to bedominated by olfactory input and involved primarily in mechanisms of arousal (Ito and Kishida, 1978; Finger, 1980), and in sequencing of elementary "fixed action patterns"(Segaar, 1961; De Bruin, 1980).
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 Catholic World News : 44 new archbishops to receive pallium
The pallium is conferred upon the metropolitan-archbishop to reflect the metropolitan's communion with the Roman Pontiff.
The pallium symbolizes the lost and found sheep, carried on the shoulders of the Good Shepherd, as well as the Lamb crucified for the salvation of humanity.
A new pallium for a new flock of sheep?
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=30474   (583 words)

  
 pallium - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
PALLIUM [pallium], vestment proper to the pope, who confers it on archbishops in token of their union with and obedience to him.
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 pallium
Known as a ``pallium,'' the strip of cloth has historical roots in the attire of Roman emperors and symbolizes the pope's concession of authority and communion to heads of major local churches.
He enacted the changes to increase the pallium's impact as a physical sign of the ties among the pope, St. Peter and the local churches, according to a Vatican official.
According to tradition, an archbishop with two palliums is buried with the most recent one around his neck; the other is rolled up and placed under his head.
www.catholicherald.com /cns/pallium.htm   (822 words)

  
 Current News: Palliums Conferred
He was one of 44 prelates – including three others from the United States and one from Canada – to receive the pallium, a circular band of white wool that symbolizes the archbishop’s authority and unity with the Pope.
“I think the pallium itself symbolizes an awesome responsibility – the Good Shepherd carrying the sheep on his shoulder and the unity that needs to exist among bishops and the Holy Father in sharing the same pastoral concerns for God’s people,” he said.
Also presented with a pallium was Cardinal Justin Rigali, who was transferred to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia last year.
www.archdioceseofhartford.org /news/04-06-30pallium.htm   (665 words)

  
 The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church
The pallium, as we know it now, is a circular band worn over the shoulders, with two pendants, one hanging down in front and one behind.
The pallium was the symbol of the highest priestly ministry.
Mary wears the white pallium over the chasuble, but the top part is covered by her maphorion (her veil), which also carries a cross as if to remind us of the cross on the pallium underneath.
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 The Pallium
The pallium is a circular band of white wool which the pope places on the shoulders of each archbishop appointed during the past year.
Vatican officials insert the newly stitched palliums into a silver-gilt box located in a special alcove in the confessio of St. Peter’s Basilica overnight before the pallium ceremony.
On June 29, the Holy Father celebrates the Eucharist with the new archbishops and, after the homily, places a pallium on the shoulders of each one.
www.archdiocese-no.org /pallium.htm   (541 words)

  
 Pallium ultimate expression of communion
The pallium, a three-inch circular band of lambs’ wool with two 14-inch “tails” in the front and back, is a 1,700-year-old tradition of the church.
The pallium is symbolic of the pope’s conferral of authority to the heads of major local churches and his communion with them.
The 30 palliums needed for this year’s ceremony were encased in a silver chest and placed the night before below the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica near the first apostle’s tomb.
clarionherald.org /20020703/art001.htm   (814 words)

  
 Archdiocese of Washington - About Us
Join Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl in Rome as he receives the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI during a special Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, just one week after the Archbishop is installed as Archbishop of Washington.
The pallium is a light vestment made of wool shorn from lambs blessed by the Holy Father on the feast of St. Agnes, January 21.
When worn by a metropolitan archbishop around his neck and over his shoulders, it is a visible sign of his pastoral authority within his province, and of his communion with the Holy Father as the successor to St. Peter and shepherd of the universal Church.
www.adw.org /about/wuerl_pallium.asp   (215 words)

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