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A tiara is used to crown a statue of Saint Peter in St. Peter's Basilica every year on his feast day. [1] Popes commissioned tiaras from jewelers or received them as gifts, with a number remaining in the possession of the Holy See. In 1798, French troops occupied Rome and stole or destroyed all but one of the papal tiaras held by the Holy See ...
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'crowns') were awarded as military awards and decorations. In the Roman Republic, the nature of the feat determined the nature of the wreath awarded. It was a custom for soldiers rescued from a siege to present a wreath made of grass (Latin: corona graminea or corona obsidionalis) to the commander of the relieving force.
On his personal coat of arms, Pope Benedict XVI replaced the tiara with a mitre, but the tiara remains on the coat of arms of the Holy See and of Vatican City State. The Ring of the Fisherman , another item of papal regalia, is a gold ring decorated with a depiction of St. Peter in a boat casting his net, with the name of the reigning Pope ...
The name tiara refers to the entire headpiece, including the various crowns, circlets, and diadems that have adorned it through the ages, [1] [2] while the three-tiered form that it took in the 14th century is also called the triregnum [3] [4] or the triple crown, [5] and sometimes as the triple tiara.
The Imperial Crown Jewels of Iran, alternatively known as the Imperial Crown Jewels of Persia, includes several elaborate crowns, 30 tiaras, numerous aigrettes, a dozen jewel laden swords and shields, a vast number of precious unset gemstones and numerous plates and other dining services cast in precious metals and encrusted with gems.
The Portland Tiara was commissioned from Cartier by the sixth Duke of Portland for his wife, Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, to wear to King Edward VII's coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1902.
[4] [5] Diadem and circlet are often used interchangeably, [6] and 'open crowns' with no arches (as opposed to 'closed crowns') have also been referred to as circlets. [7] In Greek this is known as stephanos , and in Latin as corona aperta , although stephanos is associated more with laurel wreaths and the crown of thorns said to have been ...