The Pope then puts incense into the thurible for the procession, and the first Card. Deacon turning towards the people says according to the old formula Let us proceed in peace: the choir answers, in the name of Christ. Amen'. The procession, in which the blessed palms are carried, moves round S. Peter's, in the following order, which is observed also for the most part on holy thursday and good friday. The _Procuratori di Collegio_,[35] _Procuratori generali_, the _Bussolanti_, the _Ajutanti di Camera_, _Cappellani comuni_ and _segreti_, the Consistorial advocates, the _Camerieri d' onore_, and _segreti_, the singers, the _Abbreviatori, Votanti di Segnatura, Cherici di Camera, Uditori di Rota_, the Thurifer, (_Votante di Segnatura_), the Subdeacon (_Uditore di Rota_) who carries the cross ornamented with a small palm, between two acolythes (_Votanti di Segnatura_) carrying candles, the _Penitenzieri_, the mitred abbots, bishops and the Cardinal deacons, priests and bishops all wearing their mitres.[36] The Pope is preceded by many officers of his guards (who go to the throne towards the end of the distribution of palms), the _Maestro del S. Ospizio_, the _Conservatori_, Senator and Governor of Rome. His Holiness is carried on his _Sedia gestatoria_[37] under a canopy supported by 8 _Referendarii_ (prelates of the tribunal of _Segnatura_) between the _flabelli_ carried by two of His _Camerieri_. He is followed by the dean of the Rota (whose duty it is to bear His mitre) between two _camerieri segreti_ (who as well as two Auditors of the Rota bear His train when occasion requires), by the _Uditore della Camera_, the Treasurer, _Maggiordomo_, Protonotaries and Generals of religious orders. During the procession the choir sings the anthem, _Cum appropinquaret etc._ When the procession is in the portico, two soprano singers reenter the basilica, and shut the door: then turning towards the door, they sing the first verse of the hymn _Gloria, laus et honor_[38] and the other verses alternately with the choir, which remains without. The subdeacon knocks at the gate with the cross, and it is immediately opened; the procession returns into the church, and the choir sings the concluding anthems. [Sidenote: _its antiquity._]