Also known as gestatorial chair
ceremonial throne on which popes were carried
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Pope Pius XII carried on a sedia gestatoria during the 10th anniversary of his papal coronation in 1949. The sedia gestatoria of Pope Pius VII, shown in an exhibition at the Palace of Versailles
The sedia gestatoria ( Italian: [ˈsɛːdja dʒestaˈtɔːrja], literally 'chair for carrying') or gestatorial chair is a ceremonial throne on which popes were carried on shoulders until 1978, which was later replaced outdoors in part with the popemobile. It consists of a richly adorned, silk-covered armchair, fastened on a suppedaneum, on each side of which are two gilded rings; through these rings pass the long rods with which twelve footmen (palafrenieri), in red uniforms, carry the throne on their shoulders. On prior occasions, as in the case of Pope Stephen III, popes were carried on the shoulders of men.
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