![TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head with a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. : r/todayilearned TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head with a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/SENTYlAiqJ0XMi7vosx4eSyy0mPpUqmGNYtJNkYWmRg.jpg?auto=webp&s=11256be140b0e8b9cdb9ab5d0dd2fcef68104281)
TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head with a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. : r/todayilearned
![Beaker, Beker with a representation of a kneeling pope, an emperor and a farmer, Silver beaker, flaring upwards, the foot surrounded by a convex profile, a circular band and a serrated blade edge. The cup has engraved representations. Along the top edge ... Beaker, Beker with a representation of a kneeling pope, an emperor and a farmer, Silver beaker, flaring upwards, the foot surrounded by a convex profile, a circular band and a serrated blade edge. The cup has engraved representations. Along the top edge ...](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/w54the/beaker-beker-with-a-representation-of-a-kneeling-pope-an-emperor-and-a-farmer-silver-beaker-flaring-upwards-the-foot-surrounded-by-a-convex-profile-a-circular-band-and-a-serrated-blade-edge-the-cup-has-engraved-representations-along-the-top-edge-between-two-horizontal-strips-a-border-of-flowers-tendrils-and-birds-and-three-low-hanging-motifs-of-volutes-bandwork-and-grotesques-the-lower-part-of-one-of-these-has-been-ground-away-for-the-later-mounted-van-sonsbeeck-weapon-being-a-sectioned-weapon-with-a-sun-above-and-a-three-hammer-hammer-below-a-globe-with-a-cross-god-the-father-w54the.jpg)
Beaker, Beker with a representation of a kneeling pope, an emperor and a farmer, Silver beaker, flaring upwards, the foot surrounded by a convex profile, a circular band and a serrated blade edge. The cup has engraved representations. Along the top edge ...
![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://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GKM556NBNEZXA6MN5XYX3KKGVI.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
![The Ring of the Fisherman or the Fisherman's Ring (Pope Benedict XVI's ring as Pope) | petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang The Ring of the Fisherman or the Fisherman's Ring (Pope Benedict XVI's ring as Pope) | petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang](https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/popes-ring.jpg)
The Ring of the Fisherman or the Fisherman's Ring (Pope Benedict XVI's ring as Pope) | petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang
![What Happens After the Pope Dies? | News and current affairs from Germany and around the world | DW | 03.04.2005 What Happens After the Pope Dies? | News and current affairs from Germany and around the world | DW | 03.04.2005](https://static.dw.com/image/1539629_303.jpg)
What Happens After the Pope Dies? | News and current affairs from Germany and around the world | DW | 03.04.2005
![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://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/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
![G,: TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head With a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. via reddit.com - ) G,: TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head With a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. via reddit.com - )](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/86/2e/de/862ede8d7687a2a41f27f772e697f421.jpg)
G,: TIL that, when a pope dies, it is tradition to strike him three times on the head With a silver hammer to ensure he is actually dead. via reddit.com - )
![Photos: Pope Fashion: From Lipstick-Red Loafers to Pontiff Bling Rings, the Most Fascinating Papal Style | Vanity Fair Photos: Pope Fashion: From Lipstick-Red Loafers to Pontiff Bling Rings, the Most Fascinating Papal Style | Vanity Fair](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/5428501706f2391147575792/master/pass/image.jpg)
Photos: Pope Fashion: From Lipstick-Red Loafers to Pontiff Bling Rings, the Most Fascinating Papal Style | Vanity Fair
![Pope opens the holy door during the jubilee, in which he knocks three times with a silver hammer and sings a verse "open me the gates of justice". Various clergymen and Pope opens the holy door during the jubilee, in which he knocks three times with a silver hammer and sings a verse "open me the gates of justice". Various clergymen and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G4G778/pope-opens-the-holy-door-during-the-jubilee-in-which-he-knocks-three-times-with-a-silver-hammer-and-sings-a-verse-open-me-the-gates-of-justice-various-clergymen-and-soldiers-are-behind-the-pope-and-look-2G4G778.jpg)