Mozzetta - Pellegrina

Pellegrina

A shoulder cape, elbow-length like the mozzetta but open in front, is sometimes worn with the cassock, either fixed to it or detachable. It is known as a pellegrina. It differs from the mozzetta also in not being associated with a cotta, surplice or rochet.

The general rule of the Roman Catholic Church is that cardinals and bishops may wear a pellegrina with their cassocks. In 1850, the year in which he restored the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales, Pope Pius IX was understood to grant to all priests there the privilege of wearing a replica in black of his own white cassock with pellegrina. Since then, the wearing of a cassock with pellegrina has been a sign of a Catholic priest in England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

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