Translation examples
In the first case, three bundles of tow were burnt before the newly elected pontiff, who sits on the sedia gestatoria, while a master of ceremonies says: "Pater Sancte, sic transit gloria mundi" (Holy Father, so passes the glory of the world).
Aluksi sedia gestatoriassa istuvan vastavalitun paavin edessä poltettiin kolme kertaa pellavamytty juhlamenojen ohjaajan lausuessa: "Sancte Pater sic transit gloria mundi" (Pyhä Isä, niin katoaa maallinen loisto).
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