id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195680 Gasquet, Francis Aidan, Cardinal, 1846-1929. The pall from the body of the blessed Peter : a pledge for the unity of the Catholic faith 1892 .txt text/plain 9835 377 64 Peter and Paul, in June, these new- made Pallia are carried to the Altar of the Confes- sion, in St. Peter’s, where, after the First Vespers of the Feast, they are solemnly blessed, if possible, by the Pope himself. For one night they are left lying upon the shrine, and are then kept until re- quired in a silver coffer, near to the relics of the Prince of the Apostles, so that when bestowed upon a newly appointed Archbishop, the Pall—this woollen fillet—may be truly said to be “ taken from the body of St. Peter.” cache/_005195680.txt txt/_005195680.txt