Live auction - Lot 52
[Devotion - Zucchetto]
Zucchetto worn by Pope Leo XIII in May 1903.
€ 500 / 600
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Lot description
Diam. 15 cm, red wire with ms. note "Calotte portée par Sa Sainteté Léon XIII en Mai 1903" and wax seal.
Traditional hat, also known as a solideo or pileolus, worn by Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903). The encyclical "Rerum novarum" earned him the nickname the Social Pope. A seminar at the university of Leuven was founded at his request by Cardinal Mercier.
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