Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1898 — The Pope’s Seal. [ARTICLE]

The Pope’s Seal.

Tho sen! worn by the pope, nnd used by him on official documents to which his signature is attached, has on it the engraving of a fish, with tho cipher of the wonror. Since the thirteenth century every pope has worn a ring of this character, and it !s shattered with a hammer when the wearer dies, tb prevent Its use on n forged document.