The Papal Tiara

Nice movie about the papal tiara

 



About the tiara of H.H. Pope emeritus Benedict XVI
read:

Tiara Pope Benedict XVI

Tiara - Basilica di San Gaudenzio, Novara, Italy

Painting and statue seen in the Basilica of San Gaudenzio, Novara, Italy

Holy Gregory with tiara

Madonna di Loreto with a crown, similar to a tiara

"Mitre that Looked Like a Tiara"

© picture: The Far Sight

"Manuel Cardinal Gonçalves Cerejeira, successor of Cardinal Belo, Patriarch of Lisbon from 1929 to 1971. You can see the flabella and the fanon again and also the patriarchal miter which was designed to look like a tiara. The Patriarch of Lisbon had the privilege to wear the tiara but - maybe out of respect for the Pope - apparently never actually wore one but only miters that - at least from far away - looked a bit like tiaras."

One Year ago .... 25th May 2011 ....

More detail here.

Presentation of the Tiara to H.H. Pope Benedict XVI on YOUTUBE

Presentation of the Tiara to H.H. Pope Benedict XVI on 25th May 2011.

For more details, see here.

Tiara Pope Benedict XVI - Photo Memories

Presentation of the tiara to H.H. Pope Benedict XVI

Pictures "in memoriam" of 25th May 2011 are printed

Please remember:

25th May is as well the commemoration day of the

Holy Pope Gregory VII

© picture: Orbis Catholicus, 22nd June 2011

Tiara Pope Benedict XVI

Thank you very much Holy Father to allow me to present to you the Tiara during the audience on 25h May 2011!

24th May 2011, the day before

Poll: Father Z. -  What Does the Prayer Really say? 9th June 2011

Thank you as well to everbody who supported me, especially Ms Milka Botcheva, an expert in Orthodox vestments and Mr John Sonnen who all the time encouraged me to go on with my plans. Now after two years of hard work I reached my goal.

Thanks to everybody who wrote me an email with all these nice compliments and appreciations for my work which reached me during the last days. I highy appreciate all your approval.

Thank you for all coverage and reporting, too.

Film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq7lzrAnpUA

English:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/germans-present-pope-benedict-with-his-own-papal-crown/

http://orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-receives-tiara-from-catholics-and.html

http://orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-papal-tiara.html

http://gloria.tv/?media=160880
(Film starts at 1:58)

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2011/05/papal-tiara-commissioned-and-gifted-to.html

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/05/true-ecumenical-gesture-catholics-orthodox-together-give-pope-new-papal-tiara/

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210218503&v=wall

http://caritasveritas.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-offered-tiara-by-german-visitors.html

http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2011/05/wont-wear-wont-care.html

http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/63294/Papal-clothing-and-liturgical-practices

http://www.overheardinthesacristy.net/?p=11331

http://missatridentinaemportugal.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-receives-tiara-from-catholics-and.html

http://www.tldm.org/News15/GermansPresentPopeBenedictWithHisOwnPapalCrown.htm

http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=113537

http://www.ewtnnews.org/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=3270

http://catholicforum.fisheaters.com/index.php/topic,3439899.0.html

http://thepinoycatholic.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-of-benedict-xvi.html

http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=565049

http://ad-orientem.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-benedict-xvi-receives-new-tiara.html

http://te-igitur.blogspot.com/2011/05/triregnum-of-unity.html

http://te-igitur.blogspot.com/2011/05/coronam-auream-super-caput.html

http://te-igitur.blogspot.com/2011/05/holy-father-receives-new-papal-tiara.html

http://www.byzcath.org/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/364783/1

http://catholicism.org/germans-present-pope-benedict-with-tiara.html

http://omniapost.blogspot.com/2011/05/very-interesting.html

http://onceiwasacleverboy.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-papal-tiara.html

http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-tiara-for-pope.html

http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-offered-papal-tiara-in-todays.html

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2011/05/orthodox-and-catholics-present-pope.html

http://liturgicalpimpernel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ecumenical-gift.html

http://www.catholicanada.com/catholic-culture/architecture-art-music/8138-holy-father-receives-new-papal-tiara.html

http://saintbedestudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/triple-tiara-of-pope-benedict-xvi.html

http://veritasvocare.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-of-benedict-xvi.html

http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-tiara.html

http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/article.asp?nID=2884

http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-06-02&article=36441

German:
http://www.katholisches.info/2011/05/26/eine-tiara-fur-papst-benedikt-xvi-%E2%80%93-geschenk-von-katholiken-und-orthodoxen/

http://blog.derherralipius.com/2011/05/tiara-alarm.html

http://chrysostomos.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara.html

http://www.summorum-pontificum.de/

http://gloria.tv/?media=160772
(starts at 1:05 min)

http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/saarlaender/Kirkel-Saarbruecken-Rom-Papst-Tiara;art222518,3784833

http://benedicitedeus.blogspot.com/2011/06/aus-aktuellem-anlass-die-tiara.html

Italian:
http://blog.messainlatino.it/2011/05/regalata-una-bella-tiara-regala-al-papa.html

http://www.lastampa.it/_web/CMSTP/tmplrubriche/giornalisti/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=196&ID_articolo=1335&ID_sezione=396&sezione=

http://blogliturgico.blogspot.com/2011/05/una-tiara-per-benedetto-xvi.html

http://liturgia-opus-trinitatis.over-blog.it/article-e-solo-un-regalo-74692080-comments.html#anchorComment

http://sacrissolemniis.blogspot.com/2011/05/un-triregno-per-papa-benedetto-in-nome.html

http://caorleduomo.blogspot.com/2011/05/corona-aurea-super-caput-eius.html

Portuguese:
http://oblatvs.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-de-bento-xvi.html

http://ars-the.blogspot.com/2011/05/bento-xvi-ganha-uma-tiara-triregnum-em.html

https://catholicatraditio.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/a-tiara-papal-triregnum/

http://pauperservus.blogspot.com/2011/05/bento-xvi-ganha-uma-tiara-triregnum-em.html

http://summuspontifex.blogspot.com/2011/05/pontificis-triregnum-ii.html

http://adjutoriumnostruminnominedomini.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-receives-tiara-from-catholics-and.html


French:
http://www.leforumcatholique.org/message.php?num=596583

http://www.schola-sainte-cecile.com/2011/05/25/le-pape-recoit-une-tiare-de-la-part-de-catholiques-dorthodoxes/

Lithuanian:
http://dievogarba.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/popiezius-gavo-dovanu-tiara/

Spanish:

http://pagina-catolica.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tiara-puente-ecumenico.html?spref=fb

http://secretummeummihi.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tiara-de-benedicto-xvi-muchos-casi.html

http://hocsigno.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/el-papa-recibe-una-tiara-pontificia/

http://saeculorumvalue.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tiara-de-benedicto.html

http://cxrlomxgno.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-papal-de-ss-benedicto-xvi.html

Bosnian:

http://splendordomini.blogspot.com/2011/05/nova-tijara.html

Polish:
http://www.bibula.com/?p=38494

http://sanctus.pl/index.php?module=aktualnosci&grupa=11&podgrupa=&strona=1&id=2008&kategoria=3

http://www.krzyzsercajezusowego.bnx.pl/news.php?readmore=673

http://przedsoborowy.blogspot.com/2011/05/ojciec-swiety-otrzyma-tiare.html

Bulgarian:
http://pravda.bg/български-майстори-изработиха-тиара/

http://paper.standartnews.com/bg/article.php?d=2011-06-02&article=369490

Croatian:
http://bogoslovija-ri.hr/dogadanja/item/592-tijara-kao-simbol-ekumenizma

http://www.ktabkbih.net/info.asp?id=29095

http://www.molitve.info/index.php/201105276264/NJEMAEKI-KATOLICI-DAROVALI-PAPI-BENEDIKTU-XVI.-PAPINSKU-TIJARU.html

Nijemci darovali papi Benediktu XVI. papinsku tijaru - 26.05.2011

http://splendordomini.blogspot.com/2011/05/nova-tijara.html

Russian:
http://www.sedmitza.ru/news/2213567.html

http://terramariana.org/archives/14951

Vietnamese:
http://vietcatholic.com/News/Html/90231.htm

Hungarian:
http://www.papa.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1243:nijemci-darovali-papi-benediktu-xvi-papinsku-tijaru&catid=2:vijesti&Itemid=260

Greek:
http://aktines.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post_5963.html

http://acvila30.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/βούλγαροι-ορθόδοξοι-και-ρωμαιοκαθολ/

The Mitre of the Papal Coat of Arms

On the coat of arms of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. the tiara was replaced by a mitre with 3 stripes.

About the mitre in the coat of arms (Source: Coat of Arms of His Holiness Benedict VI.):

"The Supreme Pontiff's arms have featured a "tiara" since ancient times. At the beginning this was a sort of closed "tocque". In 1130 a crown was added, symbol of the Church's sovereignty over the States.
Boniface VIII, in 1301, added a second crown, at the time of the confrontation with Philip the Fair, King of France, to show that his spiritual authority was superior to any civic authority.

It was Benedict XII in 1342 who added a third crown to symbolize the Pope's moral authority over all secular monarchs, and reaffirmed the possession of Avignon.

With time, although it lost its temporal meaning, the silver tiara with three gold crowns came to represent the three powers of the Supreme Pontiff: Sacred Orders, Jurisdiction and Magisterium.

In past centuries, Popes wore the tiara at solemn official celebrations and especially on the day of the "coronation" at the beginning of their Pontificate. Paul VI used for this purpose a precious tiara which the Archdiocese of Milan had presented to him, just as it had given one to Pius XI; but afterwards, Paul VI donated it to a charity and introduced the current use of a simple "mitre", although these mitres were sometimes embellished with ornaments or gems. But he left the "tiara" and the crossed keys as the emblem of the Apostolic See.

Today, the ceremony that begins a Pontificate is no longer called a "coronation". The Pope's full jurisdiction begins the moment he accepts his election by the Cardinals in the Conclave and not with coronation as for secular monarchs. This ceremony, therefore, is simply called the solemn inauguration of his Petrine Ministry, as it was for Benedict XVI on 24 April.

The Holy Father Benedict XVI decided not to include the tiara in his official personal coat of arms. He replaced it with a simple mitre which is not, therefore, surmounted by a small globe and cross as was the tiara.

The Papal mitre shown in his arms, to recall the symbolism of the tiara, is silver and bears three bands of gold (the three powers: Orders, Jurisdiction and Magisterium), joined at the centre to show their unity in the same person."

After my knowledge, at this time there exists only one real mitre made exactly according to the mitre of the coat of arms of

H.H. Pope Benedict XVI.:

You can read some critical comments from the point of correct heraldry about the mitre used in the new coat of arms of the Holy Father from Mr Maurizio Bettoja, member of the Società Italiana di Studi Araldici (S.I.S.A.) (unfortunately only in Italian language):

Lo stemma di Benedetto XVI di Maurizio Bettoja

Uno stemma assurdo di Maurizio Bettoja

In the above articles the mitre is described as "mitria zebrata" (for the mitre is looking similar to the tripes on the skin of a zebra).

In his letter to the editor of the German newspaper Die Tagespost dated 24th of May 2005, page 16, Mr Stephan Uano discribes this mitre as "Mitriara" (new creation of the words "mitre" and "tiara").