The Flamen were also prohibited from many different actions and rituals. In the case of death Flamens were in charge of performing ritual sacrificing. However, other than that, contact with anything related to death was prohibited so that the Flamen could still part take in his religious duties. One extreme example would be in the case of the Flamen's wife or Flaminica. They were not allowed to wear Calcei Morticini, "shoes made from the skin of an animal that had died of natural causes." Since the animal was not part of a religious ritual or offered to the gods, these shoes would be seen as not pure and disrespectful to the gods.