Word: baldacchino
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...chill autumnal dusk darkened the Roman sky, a priest began to chant the ancient litany; from the throats of thousands of cardinals, bishops, priests and laymen came back the droning, prayerful response: "Pardon us, O Lord." At the rear of the procession, beneath a scarlet and gold baldacchino, walked Pope Paul VI dressed in red cope and carrying a crucifix in which were inlaid three tiny relics of the cross on which Christ died...
...great procession through the square, crowded with upwards of 80,000 people. The Pope's body lay on a litter; behind it walked his sister and three brothers, in tears. Inside St. Peter's, the corpse was borne to a high catafalque beneath the ornate Bernini baldacchino that covers the main altar...
...Present Protestants. Rather spryly, once he was in St. Peter's, Pope John climbed to. his throne under Bernini's baldacchino-"beside St. Peter's tomb," as he noted in the speech that he made after the opening religious rites. In careful Latin, he explained to the bishops the purpose of the council...
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