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The Sedilia
The Sedilia On the south side of the chancel are the sedilia (the seats for the priest, deacon and subdeacon at High Mass). Pugin reverted to the medieval arrangement for these seats whereby the priest sat nearest the altar, with the deacon and subdeacon on his left on descending levels. As if to ensure that things would be properly done at Cheadle, the appropriate emblem appears on the back of each niche - the chalice and host for the priest, the gospel book for the deacon and the wine and water cruets for the subdeacon; and the seats themselves are labelled accordingly in gold letters. To the east of the sedilia is the sacrarium: a piscina for the ablution of the priest's hands and the sacred vessels, and a credence shelf above for the cruets of water and wine. The entire composition is set under a row of crocketed and pinnacled canopies, all richly gilt and painted. Return to the St Giles' Tour
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