Papal Coronation
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Papal Coronation was a six-hour long ceremony in which the
pope was crowned as head of the
Roman Catholic Church (and before 1870, head of state of the
Papal States). A three-tiered
Triple Tiara or
Papal Tiara was used in the ceremony.
The last pope to be crowned was Pope Paul VI. His two successors to date, Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II opted for less formal inauguration ceremony.