Pallium

• The Pallium was a Roman woollen shawl shaped in a rectangle. It was called the ‘Palla’ when worn by ordinary Roman Women, and could be dyed in various colours.
• The Pallium today is an ecclesiastical garment worn only by the Pope and certain Archbishops of the Catholic Church.

How the Pallium was worn

• The Pallium was worn over the shoulders, and usually in the following way:
• One end would start by hanging over the back of the left shoulder, and made to hang in a loop over the front.
• It would then be thrown back over the left shoulder wrapped around the upper shoulders, under the right arm, and then the end thrown back over the left shoulder.