- The
sedia gestatoria (Italian: [ˈsɛːdja dʒestaˈtɔːrja],
literally 'chair for carrying') or
gestatorial chair is a
ceremonial throne on
which popes were...
-
during public appearances. It is
considered a
successor to the
sedia gestatoria and was
designed to
allow the Pope to be more
visible when
greeting large...
- Pope
proceeded from the
sacristy of St. Peter's
Basilica in his
sedia gestatoria, the
procession stopped three times. On each occasion, a
papal master...
- has been discontinued,
though they have not been abolished. The
Sedia gestatoria, a
portable throne or
armchair carried by
twelve footmen (palafrenieri)...
- St. Peter's Basilica, with the
newly elected pope
borne in the
sedia gestatoria.
After a
solemn Papal M****, the new pope was
crowned with the triregnum...
- processions, and on
other occasions when the pope was
carried on the
sedia gestatoria, a
portable throne whose use was
ended by Pope John Paul II immediately...
- white. In the
Catholic Church,
popes were
carried the same way in
sedia gestatoria,
which was
replaced later by the popemobile. A
palanquin is a covered...
-
rituals ****ociated with the
papal coronation,
notably the use of the
sedia gestatoria, were
copied from
Byzantine and
eastern imperial ceremonial, it is likely...
-
Byzantine work of the 6th century, and to be
really an
ancient sedia gestatoria. It has
ivory carvings representing the
labours of Hercules. A few pieces...
-
elected pope was
carried in
state through St. Peter's
Basilica on the
sedia gestatoria under a
white canopy, with the
papal flabella (ceremonial fans) to either...
