Ivory polyester stole with an embroidered Madonna of Fatima

Beautiful ivory priestly stole, made of 100% polyester fabric, with direct machine embroidery in colored thread depicting Our Lady of Fatima, 24.5 cm high, positioned on the right side of the stole. On the left, it features an image of the three Fatima shepherd children with a Marian motif. The stole is 278 cm long overall and, when worn, reaches well below the knee. Entirely made in Italy by a company of expert artisans that has been operating in the sacred vestments sector for many years, creating handcrafted products of the highest quality. The use of the stole is always mandatory during celebrations and rites for bishops, priests, and deacons (who use a different stole, as they wear it differently from priests). When wearing it, a bishop or priest lets it hang straight from the shoulders down to the legs, while a deacon wears it diagonally, from the left shoulder to the right hip. Over time, the stole's symbolism has evolved: initially, it represented the office that deacons and priests accepted during ordination; later, it came to symbolize the priest's virtues, making it a symbol of humility, wisdom, patience, purity, and fortitude.