Sedilia

Sedilia (plural of Latin sedīle, “seat”) are seats, usually made of stone but sometimes wooden, found on the south side of an altar, often in the chancelPart of a church containing the altar, used by the officiating clergy., for use during Mass by the officiating priest and his assistants, the deacon and sub-deacon. An established feature in English churches by the 12th century, they are rarely found elsewhere in Europe.^[1]

In more recent times, since 1964,^[a]Following the Church of England’s Faculty Jurisdiction Measure, 1964. the sedilia has largely been replaced by a chair for the celebrant in the centre of the chancel.^[2]