Thursday 14 April 2022

Mandy Thursday


Image: Engraving of the pope washing the feet of thirteen paupers from Thurston's 'Lent and Holy Week'

2 comments:

Paulus said...

Why is it thirteen in the traditional ceremony?

Rubricarius said...

Because a pope had a vision of an angel at the Mandatum. The established praxis of the Papal Court was for the feet of twelve subdeacons to be washed and then thirteen paupers.