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A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages. A crozier or crosier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) [1] is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox ...
A vimpa (plural: vimpae) is a veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the mitre and crosier during liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop, in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and some other western churches. [1] [2]
The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced / ˈ m aɪ t ər / MY-tər; Greek: μίτρα, romanized: mítra, lit. 'headband' or 'turban') is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.
Pontifical vestments, also referred to as episcopal vestments or pontificals, are the liturgical vestments worn by bishops (and by concession some other prelates) in the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, in addition to the usual priestly vestments for the celebration of the Holy Mass, other sacraments, sacramentals, and canonical hours.
Bishop's Mitre could refer to: several types of headdress, notably : a traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and some other clergy in Christian Churches. See mitre. a variety of types of headdress worn by European Grenadiers from the 17th Century. Bishop's Mitre, a mountain in Labrador, Canada; the Bishop's Mitre, the shieldbug Aelia ...
[citation needed] The lappets, sometimes called "fanons" according to the 2nd definition of the word, are likely relics of the cord used to secure the original form of linen cap or turban around a bishop's head. The 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia describes the lappets on a bishop's mitre as trimmed on the ends with red fringe. [27] [28]
Escutcheon: Azure a crozier in pale ensigned by a fteur-de-lis between in fess a key surmounted by a sword in saltire to the dexter and to the sinister eight arrows interlaced and banded saltirewise all Or. [44] Sodor and Man, recorded at unknown date
The earliest examples of the arms of Orthodox hierarchs have the cross to the dexter of the mitre and the bishop's staff to sinister, but opposite examples exist. An abbot ( archimandrite or hegumen ) should display a veiled abbot's staff to distinguish it from the bishop's staff.