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**The Fanon is a vestment , rarely used nowadays, reserved for the Pope during a pontifical Mass. It consists of a double mozzetta (short shoulder-cape worn by bishops outside the liturgy), the first going under the stole and the second over the chasuble. **

Aside from the Pope when was the last time you seen a Bishop wear the Fanon?

Though different symbolically it somewhat resembles the Humeral Veil used during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

I can’t really say the last time I saw a Bishop in person wear a Fanon except watching interviews by Bishops on TV.

Archbishop Sheen always wore one when he gave his televised talks.

Except for the Pope is it really that outdated?
 
The way I understood it, one of the purposes of the fanon was to protect the ornate chasubles of the time from being snagged by the pins of pallium. But I can’t remember where I read that.
 
The last pope to wear it was John Paul II.



I wish it would return. Benedict XVI wears fiddleback chasubles, so why not the fanon?
 
Fr. Z says
My prediction is that, one day, His Holiness Benedict will revive the fanon, worn only once at the roman Basilica of Saint Cecilia by John Paul II (interesting story behind that which I will one day tell). The fanon is a type of stripped mozetta, used only by the Roman Pontiff for celebrations of Mass. It is worn over the chasuble and under the pallium.
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When was its use suppressed for bishops?
 
The OP is somewhat confusing. It starts by saying only the Pope can wear the fanon. Then it goes on to ask why other bishops have stopped wearing it. The former statement is correct. The fanon is restricted to the Pope; other bishops cannot wear it.
 
centurionguard said:
**The Fanon is a vestment , rarely used nowadays, reserved for the Pope during a pontifical Mass. It consists of a double mozzetta (short shoulder-cape worn by bishops outside the liturgy), the first going under the stole and the second over the chasuble. **

Aside from the Pope when was the last time you seen a Bishop wear the Fanon?

Though different symbolically it somewhat resembles the Humeral Veil used during Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

I can’t really say the last time I saw a Bishop in person wear a Fanon except watching interviews by Bishops on TV.

Archbishop Sheen always wore one when he gave his televised talks.

Except for the Pope is it really that outdated?
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As another poster pointed out, the fanon was not worn by bishops. The one “for bishops” you are thinking of is either the mozzetta (a shoulder cape worn with choir dress i.e. a coloured cassock, besides other things) or the shoulder-cape of the simar (like a cassock, and black with coloured piping).
 
AJV said:
As another poster pointed out, the fanon was not worn by bishops. The one “for bishops” you are thinking of is either the mozzetta (a shoulder cape worn with choir dress i.e. a coloured cassock, besides other things) or the shoulder-cape of the simar (like a cassock, and black with coloured piping).
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The one “for bishops” you are thinking of is either the mozzetta (a shoulder cape worn with choir dress i.e. a coloured cassock, besides other things) or the shoulder-cape of the simar (like a cassock, and black with coloured piping).
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Your correct I was confused about the Bishops vestment, particularly the Mozzetta. google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&biw=1243&bih=904&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=mozetta&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=#q=mozzetta&hl=en&safe=active&gbv=2&tbm=isch&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=1&biw=1920&bih=893

The Fanon Vestment google.ca/search?q=Fanon+Vestment+Pictures&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=893&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=06N_TrKpA4fk0QH8-cAZ&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQsAQ

Appreciate your (name removed by moderator)ut.

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YoungTradCath said:
I wish it would return. Benedict XVI wears fiddleback chasubles, so why not the fanon?
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The Pope wore it just earlier for the 2012 Canonisation Ceremony. I was amazed to see it. John Paul last wore that in, what, the 1980s?
 
Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI wore the long-dead papal fanon for the canonization Mass. The fanon is a circular or semi-circular double-layer silken cape with horizontal golden stripes going from the back of it to the front. Its intent is to serve as ornament, but also to protect the underlying chasuble from being damaged by the pallium–the woolen band on top of the fanon–or pallium pins.

He looked magnificent:

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The last time this was worn was in the early 1980’s, early in the Pontificate of Blessed John Paul:



Blessed John Paul wore it only once. Prior to him, the last time it had been used was probably the last Solemn Papal Mass in the [now] Extraordinary Form, celebrated by Paul VI, whenever that was.

The historical look:

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On another note, I hope people will be happy to learn that for this Mass as well as the last public Papal Mass, the readings and Psalm have been proclaimed from a small lectern-thing on the Epistle side, while the Gospel has been proclaimed from a larger ambo on the Gospel side.
 
All very pretty, but why do mitres have to look so pompous and silly?
 
Also did you notice the collars that the choirboys and men were wearing beneath the cassock? I can’t remember if they always wore them, but I knew they did a while ago but for some reason were taken away for a bit.
 
LoyalViews said:
Also did you notice the collars that the choirboys and men were wearing beneath the cassock? I can’t remember if they always wore them, but I knew they did a while ago but for some reason were taken away for a bit.
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:confused: Picture?
 
Apparently this is not some random choice of Pope Benedict because he likes the way it looks:
newliturgicalmovement.org/2012/10/the-return-of-papal-fanon.htmlNow some might yet ask, “what’s the big deal? So a vestment was restored.” However, the answer is that the use of vestments such as these are aspects of continuity and, by way of Msgr. Guido Marini himself, the papal ceremoniere, we know that this is purposefully so. Many years ago, Marini himself commented that “the vestments used … aim to underline the continuity of today’s liturgical celebration with that which characterized the life of the church in the past…” In that regard, this move is not just about restoring the fanon, it is also about restoring a connection with and yet further continuity with the Latin rite liturgical tradition.
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It’s all about the hermeneutic of continuity.
 
Wasn’t there some other item of attire that Benedict resurrected a few years ago? What other retired vestments and such are yet to come?

Anyway, I like the fanon. With the golden stripes, it reminds me of depictions of Egyptian royalty. I think Benedict’s look is much better coordinated than that of Paul VI, whose combination of busy patterns is a touch gaudy.
 
Digitonomy said:
Wasn’t there some other item of attire that Benedict resurrected a few years ago? What other retired vestments and such are yet to come?

Anyway, I like the fanon. With the golden stripes, it reminds me of depictions of Egyptian royalty. I think Benedict’s look is much better coordinated than that of Paul VI, whose combination of busy patterns is a touch gaudy.
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Benedict resurrected Roman style vestments which hadn’t been used for a very long time by JPII. The camauro was also worn once, not exactly a vestment. The white Easter mozzetta with fur was resurrected. He also has a new style of pallium. JPII and all popes of recent memory wore the white one with small black crosses, just like archbishops. Abp. Marini, the previous Master of Ceremonies, had BXVI wear a new (ancient) kind of pallium, a scarf thing. He was replaced by Msgr. Marini, of no relation, who replaced the scarf pallium with a new version more like the original one with larger, red crosses.

The tiara and buskins are yet to be resurrected, along with some other more obscure vestments.

And yes! That is exactly what I thought, very Egyptian.
 
UPDATE: More traditions restored

The papal asterisk, something commonly used in some Eastern Rites, was used today for the canonization Mass. The asterisk is a golden lid-thing that goes over the host on the paten, much like a pall goes over the chalice. However, it must be mentioned that HH used the asterisk once before.

See here: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151080333925723&set=a.10151080331150723.427152.7891870722&type=1&theater

Furthermore, the canonization rite has been re(formed/stored) to something resembling the pre-1969 rite. It took place before Mass rather than during it, and there were three petitions from the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, rather than one. After the second was sung the Te Deum, and after the third the Veni Creator.

The third and final petition from his Eminence reads as follows:
Most Holy Father, Holy Church, trusting in the Lord’s promise to send upon her the Spirit of Truth, who in every age keeps the Supreme Magisterium free from error, most earnestly beseeches Your Holiness to enroll these, her elect, among the saints.
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From this text, we see it is quite clear that an infallible and irreversible act takes place at a canonization.
 
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