Palma, Mallorca - Golden Monstrance in the Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - The solid Golden Monstrance at the Cathedral Sa Seu (built in 1299). A monstrance, also known as ostensorium, is the vessel used in Roman Catholic, Old Catholic and Anglican churches to display the consecrated Eucharistic host, during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Created in the medieval period for the public display of relics
Picture No
10794791
Media ID
45557162
Size
3762px x 5643px
(9.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Hubertus Kanus
Source
Photograph by Hubertus Kanus
Date
2013
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