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
The Ring (franchise) reception, a new sequel, "Ring 2," was released in 1999 which continued the storyline of Ring but was not based on Suzuki's books. This was followed by a 2000 prequel, "", which was based on the short story "Lemonheart" from Suzuki's 1999 book, "Birthday". These films delved into a uniquely different mythos surrounding Sadako and the cursed videotape. These changes led the franchise to attain a cult status, both domestically and internationally, popularizing the Japanese horror genre as a whole and the stringy black-haired yūrei trope. In 2012, "Sadako 3D" was released, adapted from Suzuki's book "S", and in and