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…

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…

Introíbo ad altáre Dei, ad Deum qui lætíficat iuventútem meam.

If you cense, do it with the style. Altar boys from France, practising before a Corpus Christi procession.

A procession of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

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…

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…

Altar boys’ attire – short version ;)

The Procession of the Holy Blood in Bruges. Behind the cross and candles the relics of St. Donat and St. Basil are carried.

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…

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…

Year 1975. Altar boys’ mantellettas :D

The city of Grado, the seat of one of patriarchates which, in the year 1451, was incorporated into the Patriarchate of Venice.

French altar boys from Alsace, 1956 [the source of the photo].

White cassocks, but with dark cuffs and collars, and dark sashes – some pompon!

¡España! ¡Que bien!

A long time ago in France …

Can we talk about altar boys’ grades in this case? ;)

Altar boys from Seville are the best: albs with parures (parurae) and tunicles/dalmatics with tassels ♥

These bands look almost like the deacon’s stoles.