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 Theobald Piscatory Théobald Émile Arcambal-Piscatory (6 April 1800, Paris – 18 November 1870, Paris) was a French statesman and diplomat. The son of François Hyacinthe Arcambal (an employee of the French ministry of war) and of Thérèse Rosalie Pélagie Deshayes, Piscatory was born on 6 April 1800. He was adopted by Antoine Pierre Piscatory and took his name. A fervent hellenophile, Piscatory left France in 1825 to take part in the Greek War of Independence. It was in Greece that he met and befriended Kolettis, then head of the Greek government from and future Greek ambassador to Louis Philippe I