Back الصليب البابوى ARZ Papstkreuz (Heraldik) German صلیب پاپ Persian Papinski križ Croatian Hármas kereszt Hungarian Salib Kepausan ID Папски крст Macedonian Pauselijk kruis Dutch Hierofante (cruz) Portuguese Папский крест Russian
Papal cross
A papal cross
Rendition of the coat of arms of Pope Pius IX with supporters: two angels, each holding a papal cross.
Statue of Pope Sylvester I depicted holding a ferula with a papal cross.
The papal cross is a Christian cross, which serves as an emblem for the office of the Pope in ecclesiastical heraldry. It is depicted as a staff with three horizontal bars near the top, in diminishing order of length as the top is approached.