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...

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...

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...

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...

mortarboard with colored tassels that correspond to their college color. Mozzettas are used by the doctorate and master's degree holders. The color depends...

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...

honorary prelates use (with a cotta or, in the case of bishops, a rochet and mozzetta) cassocks that are fully purple (this purple corresponds more closely with...

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

of clerical dress worn by some Catholic ecclesiastics. Similar to the mozzetta but open in front, the pellegrina is a short shoulder cape reaching to...