veil
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• Humeral, worn by the priest at Benediction, and by the sub-deacon at High Mass.
• Cloth which covers the chalice during the beginning and end of Mass.
• A silk covering ordered by the rubrics for covering the Tabernacle wherein the Blessed Sacrament is reserved.
• Part of a nun‘s habit. They traditionally wear a white veil during their novitiate, and assume a black one at their profession, as a mark of their separation from the world.
Associated in Art with
- Blessed Julia of Certaldo
- Saint Adelaide of Burgundy
- Saint Agatha of Sicily
- Saint Dominic of Silos
- Saint Frances of Rome
- Saint James of the Marches
- Saint Leopold III
MLA Citation
- “veil“. Emblems of the Faith. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 November 2018. Web. 24 April 2019. <>