Tiara

This name derives from the Greek “tiara (τιάρα)”, which in turn derives from the Persian “tiyārā”, meaning “a form of crown”. Traditionally, the word “tiara” refers to a high crown, often with the shape of a cylinder narrowed at its top, made of fabric or leather, and richly ornamented. It was used by the kings and emperors of some ancient peoples in Anatolia and Mesopotamia, notably the Hittites. Originally it was the name of the headdress of the Persian kings. The papal tiara is a crown that was worn by popes of the Roman Catholic Church from as early as the 8th century to the 20th-century. Pope Paul VI last used it. The papal tiara originated from a conical Phrygian cap or frigium. Shaped like a candle-extinguisher, the papal tiara and the episcopal mitre were identical in their early forms.