[Sidenote: P. II Papal chapel on palm-sunday.]
[Sidenote: Lights used at mass, etc.]
At about 9 o'clock on palm-sunday morning the Cardinals, Prelates
and others assemble near the chapel of the Pieta at S. Peter's, as at
present the solemn service takes place in that basilica, and not as
formerly in the Sixtine chapel. The crucifix over the altar is veiled,
in token of the mourning of the church over her divine spouse's
sufferings[28]. On the altar are six lighted candles, and other
torches are brought in after the _Sanctus_ of the Mass, and held till
after the elevation, in honour of the B. Sacrament, by four _acoliti
ceroferarii_[29].
[Sidenote: sacred vestments]
As the pope is to bless and distribute the palms, and a solemn
procession is to take place, the Cardinals put on their sacred
vestments, viz. all of them the amice, the cardinal bishops the
surplice and the cope, the priests the chasuble, and the deacons a
chasuble shorter in front than that of the priests. The auditors of
the Rota, _Cherici di Camera, Votanti_, and _Abbreviatori_ put on a
_cotta_ or supplice. The bishops and mitred abbots wear the cope,
and the _Penitenzieri_ or confessors of St. Peter's, the chasuble.
The copes of the cardinal bishops are ornamented with a _formale_,
adorned with three large bosses or projections of pearls arranged in
a perpendicular line, while the Pope's are in a triangular order,
evidently alluding, to the blessed Trinity.
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