<?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">processional crosses</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>processions</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>processional sculptures</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>processional staffs</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>crosses</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>religious visual works</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>crosses, processional</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>processional cross</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Crosses or crucifixes mounted on staffs and carried in Christian religious processions. Such crosses seem to have been in general use from very early times, given that it is mentioned in the Roman "Ordines" as to suggest that such a cross belonged to each church. ]]></note></mads>