Editorial photo #12336904 Religion and Belief

Raniero Mancinelli, Tailor To Popes, Priests And Cardinals For Six Decades

Raniero Mancinelli is portrayed in the ecclesiastical tailor shop that bears his name, near the Vatican in Rome, Italy, on May 5, 2025. Mancinelli, 86, personally handcrafts cassocks for the last three popes, St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Pope Francis, and now prepares to provide the papal robe for the pontiff who will be elected in the upcoming Conclave. (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #12336904
Date taken: 5 May 2025
Location: —
Photographer: Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto
Category: Religion and Belief

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