Bonete with golden pompon, golden application cord (piping) and golden lining
made as academic bonete for a Teresa of Ávila sculpture.
In Spain you often can see Teresa of Ávila wearing a black bonete:
The reason therfore is, that she was named in 1970 a Doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI.
For more information, please refer to my post:
Most depictions of her in biretta are pre-1970. From elsewhere on the web:
ReplyDeleteI believe that the University of Salamanca conferred upon her the academic degree Doctor Ecclesiae "honoris causa." I think that it may have even been conferred posthumously.