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Pope Benedict's signet ring will be destroyed using special silver papal hammer to ensure documents it was used to sign will not be forged – New York Daily News
![Pope Benedict's signet ring will be destroyed using special silver papal hammer to ensure documents it was used to sign will not be forged – New York Daily News Pope Benedict's signet ring will be destroyed using special silver papal hammer to ensure documents it was used to sign will not be forged – New York Daily News](https://www.nydailynews.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2013/02/27/HQBK3FRLEOTK4QK5S5DHAS5VOE.jpg)
Pope Benedict's signet ring will be destroyed using special silver papal hammer to ensure documents it was used to sign will not be forged – New York Daily News
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Deces of Pope Pius IX (Pio) (1792-1878): ritual of the recognition of the death of the Pope. A cardinal hits the deceased's forehead with a silver hammer. Engraving in “Le Monde Illustré”
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