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Circle
Et incarnatus est… Apostolic delegate, archbishop Godfrey, celebrates a pontifical Mass from the faldstool in the presence of the papal legate and the archbishop of…
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Canons of Aquino
Cathedral canons of Aquino had the privilege of using the mitre simplex and the crosier, and the cappa parva.
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Ferula
Archpriest John Tam with a ferula in hand and in a cappa parva.
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Almuce
A canon of the Freiburg chapter in the choir dress with almuce.
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Spain
Spanish dalmatics again.
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Mexican pomponiards
The photo from 1888, taken during the first Mexican pilgrimage to Rome. In the middle, in a ferraiolo, there is Ibarra y González, the vicar…
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Choristers of Dijon cathedral
The attire of the singers comprised, apart from a surplice, a red cassock, a coat and a zucchetto, the trims and buttons of which were…
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Be cool – be an altar boy!
Introíbo ad altáre Dei, ad Deum qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.
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Exercises
If you cense, do it with the style. Altar boys from France, practising before a Corpus Christi procession. As one can see from the photo,…
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Spanish dalmatics
A procession of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Altar boys’ capes
In cappa magna is cardinal Binet, the archbishop of Besançon. The taller altar boys keep relics on the feretrum, but it is the shorter ones who…
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Albs
Archbishop Maurice-Louis Dubourg, Metropolitan of Besançon, in pontifical vestments, posing for a photo with altar boys clad in albs and with crosses hanging on the…
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Roman tunics
Albs of French altar boys in the character of those worn in Rome even today, and which refer to antique tunics, worn during the beginning…
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Short attire
Altar boys’ attire – short version ;)
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Procession in Bruges
The Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges. Behind the cross and candles the relics of St. Donat and St. Basil are carried.
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Collegium Capranicense
A seminarian of Collegium Capranicense, one of the oldest and most well-known Italian seminaries founded by cardinal Domenico Capranica in 1457. The two alumni of…
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Bisbetó
Choristers from the Montserrat Abbey choir during a traditional December fancy dress party beginning on St. Nicholas’ Day: the boy chosen to be the bishop…
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Poland
Year 1975. Altar boys’ mantellettas :D
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Italy
The city of Grado, the seat of one of patriarchates which, in the year 1451, was incorporated into the Patriarchate of Venice.
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Bourbach-le-Haut
French altar boys from Alsace, 1956 [the source of the photo].
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Choristers
White cassocks, but with dark cuffs and collars, and dark sashes – some pompon!
