!!!Fußwaschung

Washing of Feet (pedilavium), as a sign of humble service and love, 
was performed by the Emperor on twelve paupers on Maundy Thursday as 
an official court ceremony from the Middle Ages to the end of the 
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.

!Literature
K. Beitl, Die oesterliche Fusswaschung am Kaiserhofe zu 
Wien, Festgabe fuer L. Schmidt, 1972.


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