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ANULUS ET BACULUS
Ring and staff. These are symbols of a bishop's episcopal authority. During the controversy over lay investiture they were emblems of dependence of bishops on civil power.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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