#piscatory ring

[chouxcremoux]

"Above us, only God knows the real meaning of this moment."

[thepastisalreadywritten]

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📹 Vatican Media

[riality12]

THEY ARE MARRIED YOUR HONOR

[triviaproofing]

#1744: “When a new Roman Catholic pope is elected, he is given a ring with a picture of Saint Peter engraved on it. It is called the Fisherman's Ring, and all papal documents must receive its seal. When the pope dies the ring is smashed, no one but the pontiff to whom it was given is allowed to wear it and a new one is fashioned for his successor. This tradition can be traced back to Saint Peter himself.”

True. Times have changed. False. True. False.

Per tradition, at the papal ceremony, the cardinal slips the Piscatory Ring onto the new pope’s finger. Popes haven’t used the ring to seal documents since 1842. A few previous popes have also given away their rings.

When Benedict XVI stepped down, his ring wasn’t smashed. Instead, it was cut deeply with two cross-shaped cuts by a chisel. I don’t know if this tradition will persist with Francis.

Any mention of the ring dates back to the thirteenth century at the earliest.