Why is it thirteen in the traditional ceremony?
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.
Why is it thirteen in the traditional ceremony?
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