You made me curious so I looked it up. Apparently there’s several things classified as “pope’s hat”.
So the specific one you are asking about is called a mitre, and not just the pope wears them I guess? Abbots, cardinals, bishops, and whomever else do as well, and there are lots of different styles for different groups/sects/whatever. It is thus very difficult to sort out what this article is talking about as someone with zero religious upbringing or education.
Apparently prior to 1927 they weren’t using the mitre at all, and were using a papal tiara, which is frankly quite ugly, so it’s just as well pope Benedict XVI broke tradition and went with the mitre.
In 1963 pope Paul VI was coronated with the tiara, and was the last to be so far.
Also gold and silver count as “white” because the mitre has to be white. So that’s weird af.
There are several styles of papal regalia, so I think it’s, like, a choice? It really doesn’t give a lot of detail on the wiki page about that sort of thing but just based on the number of historical options, popes switching things up, etc. That’s about as much energy as I have to read and report back, so that’s as far as I go.
I’d bet they just tailor a stock one or something for the day 1 thing and then do proper after.
You made me curious so I looked it up. Apparently there’s several things classified as “pope’s hat”.
So the specific one you are asking about is called a mitre, and not just the pope wears them I guess? Abbots, cardinals, bishops, and whomever else do as well, and there are lots of different styles for different groups/sects/whatever. It is thus very difficult to sort out what this article is talking about as someone with zero religious upbringing or education.
Apparently prior to 1927 they weren’t using the mitre at all, and were using a papal tiara, which is frankly quite ugly, so it’s just as well pope Benedict XVI broke tradition and went with the mitre.
In 1963 pope Paul VI was coronated with the tiara, and was the last to be so far.
Also gold and silver count as “white” because the mitre has to be white. So that’s weird af.
There are several styles of papal regalia, so I think it’s, like, a choice? It really doesn’t give a lot of detail on the wiki page about that sort of thing but just based on the number of historical options, popes switching things up, etc. That’s about as much energy as I have to read and report back, so that’s as far as I go.
I’d bet they just tailor a stock one or something for the day 1 thing and then do proper after.