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St. Valentinus, Waldsassen Basilica in Germany

Decorated by the skilled lay brother Adalbart Eder, St. Valentinus in Waldsassen wears a biretta and an elaborate, elegantly bejeweled version of a deacon’s dalmatic to emphasize his ecclesiastical status.

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