Q. 1. What is a Papal Tiara?

A. 1. The papal tiara is the crown that was worn by the popes of the Roman Catholic Church as early as the 8th century to the 20th. Pope Paul VI was the last Pope to wear one.

The Papal Tiara is shaped like a candle-extinguisher.

In the 8th and 9th centuries, other names used for the Papal Tiara were camelaucum, pileus, phrygium and pileum phrygium.