[Magdalen] Happy Saint Benedict's Day

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Wed Jul 13 21:21:18 UTC 2016


Oh, so it's basically a Catholic yarmulke!  And the significance is...? 

> On Jul 13, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 13/07/2016 20:25, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Remind me? What's a zuchetta? I assume it's not a variety of squash...
> 
> Now that would be interesting!  It's the relatively flat cap some clerics place on their head.  You will have seen the Pope's white one.  Catholic bishops (both RC and AC) wear purple and some priests wear black ones.
> 
> Roger


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