The mozzetta ([motˈtsetta], plural mozzette; derived from almuce) is a short elbow-length sartorial vestment, a cape that covers the shoulders and is buttoned...

papal mozzetta had a small hood on the back, which disappeared after Vatican II but has recently been restored. In wintertime, the papal mozzetta is of...

fastened at the neck. It was for a period of time even more common than the mozzetta. The mantelletta is probably connected with the mantellum of the cardinals...

rest upon their heads. The papal shoes, along with the camauro, papal mozzetta, and cloak (tabarro), are the only remnants of the former red color of...

three forms of the papal mozzetta. During his pontificate Benedict wore the winter papal mozzetta and the paschal mozzetta, both of which had last been...

in the 15th century by Catholic monarchs, who sometimes used it as the mozzetta cape. It has long been used on the ceremonial robes of members of the United...

chapter has been granted usus rochetti by papal indult) with a distinctive mozzetta, the particular colors of which are determined by the chapter. Bishops...

conversation. He continued to wear his distinctive white cassock without the mozzetta. Instead of the red papal shoes, he wore a pair of brown shoes that he...

Mass Travel Vestments Camauro Falda Fanon Ferula Flabellum Mantle Mitre Mozzetta Pallium Ring of the Fisherman Shoes Slippers Sub-cinctorium Tiara List...

tonsured clerical heads in the cold season. It is often worn with a red mozzetta. The camauro has been part of the papal wardrobe since the 12th century...