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| Image : L'Osservatore Romano |
This photograph was taken at the Basilica of Santa Sabina during the Mass for Ash Wednesday 2006. Pope Benedict is seated at the Cathedra of the Basilica.
During the early years of his pontificate, Pope Benedict wore extremely ample vestments, in this case in violet and decorated in silver. In the setting of Santa Sabina, the effect created by such vestments was quite mediaeval.
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