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Patriarchal Cross

Patriarchal Cross

patriarchal cross

A cross with two cross-bars, which forms a part of the heraldic arms of an archbishop . It is carried before him in processions, etc., in his own ecclesiastical province.

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Patriarchal Cross

a cross which, like the patriarchal crosier, has its upright part crossed by two horizontal bars, the upper shorter than the lower. A patriarchal or fimbriated cross was a badge of the Knights Templars.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature