Processional pole

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Processional poles are poles or staffs, often decorated with crosses or statuettes of saints, that are carried in religious processions, usually by members of religious confraternities. Not to be confused with processional crosses.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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In modern use	Anchored/Saint Clement's Cross Anuradhapura cross Cross of the Archangels Archiepiscopal cross Armenian Cross Arrow/Barby Cross File:Bolnisi cross.svg Bolnisi cross File:Cross-Bottony-Heraldry.svg Cross bottony File:Astkreuz.svg Branch cross File:Bulgarian Orthodox Cross.svg Bulgarian cross Byzantine cross File:Calvary cross.svg Calvary cross File:Cantercross.svg Canterbury cross File:Coa Illustration Cross Of St Catherine.svg Catherine wheel File:Caucasian Albanian Cross.svg Caucasian Albanian Cross File:CelticCross.svg Celtic cross File:Cross Cercelée.svg Cercelée File:Coa Illustration Cross of St Chad.svg Cross of Saint Chad File:Coptic cross.svg Coptic cross File:Cross-Crosslet-Heraldry.svg Cross crosslet File:Croix recroisetée au pied fiché.svg Cross crosslet fitchy File:Crucifix.png Crucifix File:Cross and disc.svg Cruciform halo File:Double cross.svg Double cross File:Eastern Syriac Cross.svg Eastern Syriac cross File:Cross of the Evangelists.svg Cross of the Evangelists File:Croix fitchée.svg Cross fitchy File:Cross-Flory-Heraldry.svg Cross fleury File:Coa Illustration Cross Flory fitchy.svg Cross fleury fitchy File:FlorianCross 1.svg Saint Florian Cross File:Gaffelkors.svg Forked cross File:Cross-Fourchee-Heraldry.svg Cross fourchy File:Coa Illustration Cross Fylfot.svg Fylfot File:St George's Cross.svg Saint George's Cross File:Héraldique meuble Monde.svg Globus cruciger File:Original Coptic cross.svg Gnostic cross File:Grapevine cross.svg Grapevine/Saint Nino's Cross File:GreekCross.svg Greek cross File:Orthodox cross.svg Greek Orthodox cross File:Huguenot cross.svg Huguenot cross File:Cross Santiago.svg Saint James/Santiago Cross File:Coa Illustration Cross St Jeremiah.svg Cross of Jeremiah File:Cross-Jerusalem-Potent-Heraldry.svg Jerusalem/Crusaders' cross File:Jerusalem-kreuz.svg Jerusalem cross (variant) File:Jerusalem cross.svg Kingdom of Jerusalem cross File:Coa Illustration Cross of St. John.svg Cross of Saint John File:LatinCross.svg Latin (Roman) cross File:Macedonian cross.svg Macedonian Cross File:Maltese-Cross-Heraldry.svg Maltese cross File:Marian Cross.svg Marian Cross File:Maronite Cross.png Maronite Cross File:Cross-Moline-Heraldry.svg Cross moline File:Generic Nordic Cross.svg Nordic Cross File:Cross of Novgorod.svg Cross of Novgorod File:Cathar cross.svg Occitan cross Papal cross File:Cross-Patonce-Heraldry.svg Cross patonce Saint Patrick's Saltire File:Cross-Pattee-Heraldry.svg Cross pattée File:CrossPattéeFitchée.svg Cross pattée fitchée File:PatriarchsCross.svg Patriarchal cross File:Peter's Cross.svg Cross of Saint Peter File:Coa Illustration Cross of St Philip.svg Cross of Saint Philip File:Cross-Pommee-Heraldry.svg Pommy cross File:Coa Illustration Cross St. Gilbert's.svg Portate cross/Cross of Saint Gilbert File:Cross-Potent-Heraldry.svg Cross potent File:Coa Illustration Cross Quadrate.svg Cross quadrate File:Simple crossed circle.svg Ringed cross File:Russian cross.png Russian cross File:OrthodoxCross.svg Russian (Orthodox) cross File:CrossOfSalem.svg Cross of Salem File:Saint Andrew's cross.svg Saltire/Saint Andrew's Cross File:Serbian Cross1.svg Serbian cross File:Coa Illustration Cross Orthodox.svg Serbian Orthodox cross File:MarThomaSleeva.png Saint Thomas Cross File:Te cross.svg Tau/Saint Anthony's Cross File:Western Syriac Cross.svg Western Syriac cross
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