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Italian term or phrase:
sediari
English translation:
"sediari", bearers of the Pope's body [here] or of the Papal chair
Added to glossary by
Rachel Fell
Dec 31, 2007 10:28
16 yrs ago
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sediari
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Papal Funeral Rites
La processione con la salma, portata a spalla da dodici ***sediari***, ha percorso la Scala Nobile, la Prima Loggia, la Sala Ducale, la Sala Regia, la Scala regia, il braccio di Costantino per pervenire al Portone di Bronzo e quindi in Piazza San Pietro.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | "sediari", bearers of the Pope's body |
Rachel Fell
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| 2 +1 | chair-carriers |
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Jan 3, 2008 13:49: Rachel Fell changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/62531">Nicole Johnson's</a> old entry - "sediari"" to ""\"sediari\", bearers of the Pope\'s body""
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"sediari", bearers of the Pope's body
in life, bearers of the Papal sedan chair or throne
CNS STORY: Thousands wait patiently for chance to view pope's body ...
The pope's body was carried by 12 laymen, the "sediari" who once carried popes on their thrones through the crowds, a practice Pope John Paul never followed ...
www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0501993.htm - 18k -
The Pope held a private audience with the sediari pontifici, the laymen who traditionally carried the throne, or sedia gestatoria of the Roman Pontiff. Since the time of Pope John Paul I the sedia gestatoria has fallen from us, and today the 23 sediari pontifici have been assigned to new duties within the pontifical household
http://thenewliturgicalmovement.blogspot.com/2006/01/for-tho...
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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2008-01-01 20:32:14 GMT)
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I think I might leave sediari with Eng. term - "borne .... Papal chair bearers"
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO PONTIFICAL GESTATORIAL CHAIR BEARERS
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006...
CNS STORY: Thousands wait patiently for chance to view pope's body ...
The pope's body was carried by 12 laymen, the "sediari" who once carried popes on their thrones through the crowds, a practice Pope John Paul never followed ...
www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0501993.htm - 18k -
The Pope held a private audience with the sediari pontifici, the laymen who traditionally carried the throne, or sedia gestatoria of the Roman Pontiff. Since the time of Pope John Paul I the sedia gestatoria has fallen from us, and today the 23 sediari pontifici have been assigned to new duties within the pontifical household
http://thenewliturgicalmovement.blogspot.com/2006/01/for-tho...
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Note added at 1 day10 hrs (2008-01-01 20:32:14 GMT)
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I think I might leave sediari with Eng. term - "borne .... Papal chair bearers"
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
TO PONTIFICAL GESTATORIAL CHAIR BEARERS
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006...
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1 day 3 hrs
chair-carriers
although I would leave "sediari"
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