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The Pope's Tiara

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Michigan · Aug 2, 1864

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 24, No. 10.

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The Pope's Tiara.

THE Napoleon tiara, as it is called, is still in the service of the papacy. It has been repaired several times, and now serves for Pius IX., and was also made use of by Leo IX., Pius VII., and Gregory XVI. Its value is 217,000f., and its weight is 8 lb.—8 lb. of gold, rubies, pearls, and diamonds! This tiara is rarely worn. The Napoleon tiara was the only one possessed by the Pope, when, in 1855, the Queen of Spain sent another, weighing 3 lb., and worth about 300,000f. The three crowns in the Isabella tiara are similiar, while in the Napoleon they are varied. It contains 19,000 precious stones. The top of the crown consists of a single sapphire.