House Biretta

© picture: Ville de Pioussay

Pierre Granier, curé de Pioussay de 1860 à 1899

with a house biretta (beretta da camera, papalina)

Portuguese Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859-1948)

with house biretta

See as well:

Berretta da Camera, also called "Papalina"

Cardenal Vidal y Barraquer with Skufia (σκούφια) or "bonete circular"?

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Engelsing, Tobias: Chapeau! Berühmte Kopfbedeckungen 1700 - 2000,
Rosengartenmuseum Konstanz, 2011, ISBN 978-3-929768-29-9, page 19
Hausmütze (house bonnet) worn by Eduard Mörike

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll with house biretta

Berretta da Camera, also called "Papalina"

On 19th August 2012 I published the article:

Cardenal Vidal y Barraquer with Skufia (σκούφια) or "bonete circular"? 

Here some pictures of Msgr. Angelo Amodeo, Canon of the Milan Cathedral with a Berretta da Camera (house biretta), also sometimes called "Papalina"

© Orbis Catholicus 21st September 2012

Msgr. Angelo Amodeo, Canon of the Milan Cathedral

Many thanks to Mr Sonnen for publishing theses wonderful pictures.

Monsignor Professor J. P. Kirsch, director of the papal institut for christian archeology with students, weraing a beretta da camera

Oreste Coppini Firenze 1871-?

Uomo con papalina

Olio su tela, 50 x 40.2 CM

Ritratto d'uomo con papalina
Portrait of a Man with a Skull Cap
Anno: 1887
65.5 x 54.5 CM
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Cardenal Vidal y Barraquer with Skufia (σκούφια) or "bonete circular"?

© picture: Nexusediciones

The picture shows Francisco Cardinal Vidal y Barraquer

© picture: Ceremonia y rúbrica de la Iglesia española

The question I could not answer until now is why a Roman Catholic cardinal is wearing a headgaer similar to  Greek Orthodox Skufia or Koukos?

© picture: Ceremonia y rúbrica de la Iglesia española

Two priests together with inhabitants of the village Luco de Jiloca (Teruel). They wear clerical headgear with the singularity that the priest on the left side of the picture wear a round cap ("bonete circular") with a pompon on top. The prist on the right side a simple round cap.

Maybe this kind of headgear was mainly used inside the house especially during low temperaturs? Teruel is one of the most cold areas in Spain in winter. The pompon probably mean that the priest was the rector of the parrish?

I guess the picture was taken in winter, because the priests wear the "dulleta", a clerical coat used in winter season.

Greek Orthodox Skufia

Greek Orthodox Koukos