"Pater sancte, sic transit gloria mundi."
— Glory
January 1, 1970
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See Cornelius a Lapide, Commentaria, 2nd. Epist. ad Cor, Chapter XII. 7. The sentence is used in the Service of the Pope's enthronement after the burning of flax. Rite used in the triumphal processions of the Roman republic. According to Zonaræ—Annals. (1553).
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See Cornelius a Lapide, Commentaria, 2nd. Epist. ad Cor, Chapter XII. 7. The sentence is used in the Service of the Pope's enthronement after the burning of flax. Rite used in the triumphal processions of the Roman republic. According to Zonaræ—Annals. (1553).