tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post3554942830207804497..comments2024-03-23T18:12:43.833+00:00Comments on Once I Was A Clever Boy: A new face for Pope Celestine VOnce I Was A Clever Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-25403236743775121912013-05-13T17:35:57.257+01:002013-05-13T17:35:57.257+01:00I gather the reason was that the previous mask was...I gather the reason was that the previous mask was a face of Cardinal Confallonieri, sometime Archbishop of L'Aquila, and lastly Dean of the Sacred College in 1978. As a mask it covers the skull as shown in the photograph, and I assume the idea was to use modern technology to produce a face corresponding to that of Peter of Morrone/Pope Celestine V.Once I Was A Clever Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01367322665145704342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881811987987045711.post-37762340391648409642013-05-11T23:08:46.050+01:002013-05-11T23:08:46.050+01:00Fascinating. What was the purpose of this death ma...Fascinating. What was the purpose of this death mask? To replace the one currently on the Saint or was this just an academic experiment?The Rad Tradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899289024837953345noreply@blogger.com