Papal coronation
![Coronation of Pope Celestine V, the only pope to be crowned twice.[1]](/uploads/202501/11/Coelestin_V1744.jpg)



A papal coronation was the ceremony of the placing of the papal tiara on a newly elected pope. The first recorded papal coronation was that of Pope Nicholas I in 858. The last was the 1963 coronation of Pope Paul VI, who soon afterwards abandoned the practice of wearing the tiara. None of his successors has used the tiara, and their papal inauguration celebrations have included no coronation ceremony.