<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">papal crosses</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>crosses</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>crosses, papal</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>crux papalis</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>papal cross</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pope&apos;s crosses</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>popes&apos; crosses</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Crosses having three crossbars, with the longest near the middle and the two others above successively shorter (having a conifer-tree-like silhouette). The three bars represent the papal realms of authority: the church, the world, and heaven. ]]></note></mads>