According to Universi Dominici Gregis, the apostolic constitution regulating the “sede vacante,” the College of Cardinals ...

Signet rings were worn on the little finger of the left hand and were used to mark the users initials on wax seals.Nearly two hundred years after Shakespeare's death, the gold, 16th-century ...

The first record of the ring’s use was on two letters of Clement IV in 1265 and 1266. It was used as a wax seal in private letters in place of the official lead seal used for solemn papal documents.