Vanitas

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Sic transit gloria mundi.

Spoken during the coronation of a new Pope while flax is burned to represent the transience of earthly glory.

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Topic

Impermanence Mortality Vanitas The human condition

Language

Latin

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Citation

Papal coronation ceremonies from c. 1409-1963, https://aleteia.org/2019/03/02/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-was-once-a-common-warning-to-new-popes/