The episcopal gloves or pontifical gloves (chirothecœ, called also at an earlier date manicœ, wanti) are a pontifical vestment worn by a bishop or other prelate, such as an abbot, when celebrating Solemn Pontifical Mass. They are worn from the beginning of the Mass until the offertory, when they are removed.
The episcopal gloves or pontifical gloves (chirothecœ, called also at an earlier date manicœ, wanti) are a pontifical vestment worn by a bishop or other prelate, such as an abbot, when celebrating Solemn Pontifical Mass. They are worn from the beginning of the Mass until the offertory, when they are removed.
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