Monday, 23 March 2015

A Vestment fit for a King


The Special Correspondent sent me the link to an article in the Catholic Herald about the medieval chasuble which will be worn by Cardinal Nichols today when he celebrates a Requiem Mass for King Richard III in Leicester. The chasuble is believed to have belonged to Westminster Abbey before the reformation, and is now preserved at Ushaw.

The report can be read here.

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The Westminster Chasuble

Image: Catholic Herald

1 comment:

  1. Well, it WAS a vestment fit for a king until it was cut down, presumably in the 17th or 18th centuries.


    Albrecht von Brandenburg

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