COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Clerical clothing commonly associated with the Christian religion includes vestments—liturgical garments and articles worn by the clergy across the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Churches.

These vestments then came to reside in the possession of the Towneleys, an important Catholic family persecuted for their faith during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Lancashire was one of the ...