Editing Rosary (section)

===Wearing rosary rings===
A rosary ring is a finger ring with eleven knobs on it, ten round ones and one crucifix, representing one decade of a rosary. These and other kinds of religious rings were especially popular during the 15th and the 16th centuries.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121196/ring-unknown/| title = "Collections: Ring", Victoria and Albert Museum}}</ref> Rosary rings are sometimes given to Catholic nuns at the time of their solemn profession.{{sfn|Ball|2003|p=483}} Ring rosaries have also been used in cases of religious persecutions against Catholics, as they are small and can be easily hidden. An example is the [[Irish penal rosary]] also with 10 beads. However, they were also sometimes worn for protection and adornment at times when Catholicism was not persecuted, as it would be more difficult to break or wear down a rosary ring, rather than a traditional rosary threaded onto a string.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O121196|title=Ring &#124; V&A Search the Collections|date=August 18, 2020|website=V and A Collections}}</ref>

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Ringrosary.JPG|[[Basque ring rosary]]
Rosenkranzring.jpg|Single-decade rosary ring to be worn around a finger
Ring-rosary.jpg|A rosary ring of Russian origin
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