Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Norman Cardinal Gilroy (1896 - 1977)



Two great color photos of the first Australian-born member of the college of cardinals. The purple of the ferraiolo indicates a time of mourning, so it's either 1958 or 1963. Probably 1963, because the trees and sky look like summer and the conclave took place in June.

2 comments:

Peter said...

The capello he has is the cardinals' capello of after Pope Paul VI's Ut Sive if I'm not mistaken. It was all red beforehand.

But perhaps a black one came out during mourning periods.

Anonymous said...

And there we already have a prime example of the dignified ferraiolone - get this petetion going!

As for the hat, I seem to recall that there were always both versions.