Ecclesiastical ring gold, stone-set ring. Roman Catholic bishops traditionally have their episcopal ring set with an amethyst. Aside from the rings a bishop purchases or is given by others, his rings belong to the Church; he will have inherited the previous bishop's ring collection, which is held in trust. While all hierarchs are accorded the honor of being buried wearing a ring, all rings belonging to the Church will be returned to the Church upon the retirement or death of any hierarch. In a Decree of Pope Boniface IV (A.D. 610) it describes monks raised to the episcopal dignity as "anulo pontificali
Theobald Piscatory (1835–1844). Piscatory returned to France on 7 August 1826 with General Fabvier. Piscatory was the conservative candidate to the Chambre des députés in 1831 in the second collège of Indre-et-Loire (Tours). He received 72 votes, losing to César Joseph Bacot (who received 288 votes). His diplomatic career began in 1841 - from June to September, Guizot, then French foreign minister, sent him to travel throughout Greece. His mission was to assure the Greek leaders of French support for their cause and influence in the region, to assess Greece's progress since the arrival of Otto I, and to check whether or