Pope Pius XII carried on a sedia gestatoria during the 10th anniversary of his papal coronation in 1949.The sedia gestatoria of Pope Pius VII, shown in an exhibition at the Palace of Versailles
The sedia gestatoria (Italian:[ˈsɛːdjadʒestaˈtɔːrja], literally 'chair for carrying') or gestatorial chair is a ceremonial throne on which popes were carried on shoulders until 1978, which was later replaced outdoors in part with the popemobile. It consists of a richly adorned, silk-covered armchair, fastened on a suppedaneum, on each side of which are two gilded rings; through these rings pass the long rods with which twelve footmen (palafrenieri), in red uniforms, carry the throne on their shoulders. On prior occasions, as in the case of Pope Stephen III, popes were carried on the shoulders of men.[1]
The sedia gestatoria is an elaborate variation on the sedan chair. Two large fans (flabella) made of white ostrich feathers—a relic of the ancient liturgical use of the flabellum, mentioned in the Constitutiones Apostolicae[2]—were carried at either side of the sedia gestatoria.
The sediagestatoria (Italian: [ˈsɛːdja dʒestaˈtɔːrja], literally 'chair for carrying') or gestatorial chair is a ceremonial throne on which popes were...
to St. Peter's Basilica, with the newly elected pope borne in the sediagestatoria. After a solemn Papal Mass, the new pope was crowned with the triregnum...
Church during public appearances. It is considered a successor to the sediagestatoria and was designed to allow the pope to be more visible when greeting...
processions, and on other occasions when the pope was carried on the sediagestatoria, a portable throne whose use was ended by Pope John Paul II immediately...
regalia has been discontinued, though they have not been abolished. The Sediagestatoria, a portable throne or armchair carried by twelve footmen (palafrenieri)...
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ceremonies in Saint Peter's Basilica. When the pope was carried in the sediagestatoria, Noble Guards walked alongside the papal chair. During the hours reserved...
chosen Pope proceeded from the sacristy of St. Peter's Basilica in his sediagestatoria, the procession stopped three times. On each occasion, a papal master...
carried on occasions in a portable throne, called the sediagestatoria. Originally, the sedia was used as part of the elaborate procession surrounding...
be Byzantine work of the 6th century, and to be really an ancient sediagestatoria. It has ivory carvings representing the labours of Hercules. A few...
The chair has metal rings attached to each side, allowing use as a sediagestatoria. The back and front of the chair are trimmed with carved ivory. This...
rituals associated with the papal coronation, notably the use of the sediagestatoria, were copied from Byzantine and eastern imperial ceremonial, it is...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
elected pope was carried in state through St. Peter's Basilica on the sediagestatoria under a white canopy, with the papal flabella (ceremonial fans) to...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
meant that the pope, more often than not, needed to be carried in the sediagestatoria to avoid walking. Pius IV also suffered from a major illness in 1564...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
releases and L'Osservatore Romano. He initially refused to use the sediagestatoria until others convinced him of its need to allow himself to be seen...
(Italian: [seˈdjaːri pontiˈfiːtʃi]) were chair-bearers of the pope on the sediagestatoria. Originally servants of the papal household, they later became a lay...
used at the Vatican whenever the Pope was carried in state on the sediagestatoria to or from an altar or audience-chamber. Through the influence of Count...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
end of the procession the pope was carried into the basilica on the sediagestatoria and with the two flabella borne on either side. He was accompanied...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List Zucchetto Transportation Popemobile Sediagestatoria Shepherd One Household Camerlengo Commander of the Swiss Guard Chaplain...
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