Six rites of the Roman Catholic Church: the procession of the Holy Oils; the blessing of the Holy Oils; a bishop is received during a visit to his diocese; the bishop's pastoral exhortation; the kissing of the bishop's hand and the bishop's lying in state. Etching after B. Picart.

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Credit: Six rites of the Roman Catholic Church: the procession of the Holy Oils; the blessing of the Holy Oils; a bishop is received during a visit to his diocese; the bishop's pastoral exhortation; the kissing of the bishop's hand and the bishop's lying in state. Etching after B. Picart. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.