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A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages. A crozier or crosier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) [1] is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox ...
Their own sources, and mention of them in non-Crosier sources, usually call them "the Brethren of the Holy Cross," and the French and English words used for them, Croisiers and Crosiers, are derived from the French "croisé", [7] one of the words used for a crusader, and meaning "marked with a cross."
The Crosiers [1] or Brethren of the Cross [2] [3] or crutched friars [4] is a general name for several loosely related Catholic orders, mostly canons regular. [4] Their names derive from their devotion to the Holy Cross. They were founded in the 12th and 13th centuries, during the era of the crusades in the Holy Land. [2]
In English custom and in the Anglican Churches, two crosiers are often found crossed in saltire behind the shield. [58] [59] [49] In the Lutheran Church of Sweden, the crosier is displayed in the arms of bishops, while the arms of the Archbishop of Uppsala and the Bishop of Lund show a latin cross and a crosier in saltire.
Sometime around the late 13th century the crook was encased in the Coigreach (or Quigrich), a crosier-shrine of similar size and form built as a protective case for the crook, [85] and made from silver, gold and rock crystal and dates from the late 13th century, with additions from the 14th or 15th centuries.
'The term derives from the Old English word crycc, meaning "crutch."'. Not really. It's related to crycc, which is also related to the modern word "cross" as well as "crutch" - hence, the medieval Crutched Friars (who wore crosses on their habits) and the oath "Christ on a crutch!", which originally referred to the crucifixion, not Jesus limping around on a modern crutch.
A crosier, or crozier, is the stylized staff of office carried by high-ranking Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, some Lutheran, and Pentecostal prelates. Crosier or Crozier may also refer to:
Its upper section contains a blue glass stud, below which is a Greek cross coated with enamel and placed within a circle. The studs from the two projecting settings on either side are now lost. [ 8 ] The central drop-plate consists of a series of enamel cells placed in a geometric pattern.