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Also being buried with Benedict are the palliums, distinguished hallmarks of his clerical career.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Also placed inside will be three palliums - bands of wool cloth worn around the neck by popes, archdiocesan bishops and other bishops with territorial jurisdiction, to signify their roles as shepherds of their flocks.

From Reuters • Jan. 4, 2023

In 1151 Cardinal Paparo arrived in Ireland with the palliums which had been solicited by St. Malachy.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

Here the good nuns weave their wool into palliums, which are subsequently worn by different metropolitans of the church.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

He was specially anxious to obtain a formal recognition of the archiepiscopal sees in Ireland, by the granting of palliums.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances