ombrellino

Above it is an ombrellino from the Basilica di San Domenico, Bologna, also from the 18th century.

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For transporting the Blessed Sacrament from one altar to another or for taking the Holy Viaticum, to the sick, it is customary in many places, e.g. in Rome, to use an umbrella, or ombrellino, as it is called in Italian, which is simply a small canopy with a single staff.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

The ombrellino is used for carrying the Blessed Sacrament to the sick and for conveying it from the altar to the baldacchino.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

They also wear a ring with a sapphire stone, and use the ombrellino that is held over them whenever they quit their carriages to accompany with bare heads the Blessed Sacrament, if perchance they meet It on their way.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

One of small dimensions and shaped like an umbrella -- except that it is flat and not conical is called an ombrellino.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

I began to watch presently, almost mechanically, the little group beneath the _ombrellino_, in white and gold, and the movements of the monstrance blessing the sick; but again and again my eyes wandered back to the little figure in the midst, and I cried out with the crowd, sentence after sentence, following that passionate voice:

Lourdes Robert Hugh Benson 1892

The crowd between me and the open space was simply one pack of heads; but I could observe the movements of what was going forward by the white top of the _ombrellino_ as it passed slowly down the farther side of the square.

Lourdes Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Bishop, the _ombrellino_ over him, passed on slowly round the circle; and the people cried to Him whom he bore, as they cried two thousand years ago on the road to the city of David.

Lourdes Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Blessed Sacrament was now to be carried round the lines of the sick, beneath an _ombrellino_.

Lourdes Robert Hugh Benson 1892

Above it is an ombrellino from the Basilica di San Domenico, Bologna, also from the

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