Ecclesiastical ring the new pope. The pope's ring is not to be confused with the papal seal, which is what the pope uses to seal documents. The Fisherman's Ring is no longer used to seal anything. Except Pope Benedict XVI, who chose to wear his at all times, the ring had not been seen being publicly worn by a pope since the papacy of Pope Pius XII, who refrained from wearing it once his election ceremonies had been concluded. A collection of rings belonging to the popes of the past is exhibited in a glass case in a room within the papal
Theobald Piscatory of the French education minister comte de Salvandy. Upon the death of Kolettis, Piscatory requested to be recalled to France. The French government instead moved him to replace comte Bresson as ambassador to Madrid on 10 December 1847. The French Revolution of 1848 stopped him taking up this post and the appointment was revoked by the provisional French government on 11 March 1848. Piscatory attempted to follow a political career under the Second French Republic and was elected representative for the département of Indre-et-Loire in the Assemblée législative on 13 May 1849. He was one of the most active members