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A camauro (from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 camelaucum, from Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 kamelauchion, meaning "camel
Camel

Camels are even-toed ungulates within the genus Camelus. The dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and is well known for its healthy low fat milk, and the Bactrian camel has two humps....
 skin hat") is a cap traditionally worn by the Pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
 of the Catholic Church.

Papal camauros are of red wool or velvet with white ermine
Stoat

The stoat is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. In North America it is known as the ermine or short-tailed weasel; elsewhere, "ermine" refers to the animal only when it has white fur, which it moults to in winter in snowy parts of its range....
 trim and are worn, usually in winter, in place of the zucchetto
Zucchetto

The zucchetto , also called pileolus in Latin, is a small cap worn by clergy of the Roman Catholic Church and within Anglicanism . It was first adopted for practical reasons — to keep the clergy's tonsured heads warm in cold, damp churches — and has survived as a traditional item of dress....
, which in turn takes the place of the biretta
Biretta

The biretta is a square cap with three or four ridges or peaks, sometimes surmounted by a tuft, traditionally worn by Catholic Church hierarchy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy....
 worn by other members of the clergy. Like the biretta
Biretta

The biretta is a square cap with three or four ridges or peaks, sometimes surmounted by a tuft, traditionally worn by Catholic Church hierarchy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy....
 worn by lower clergy and the mortarboard worn by academics
Academia

Academia, Academe, or the Academy are collective terms for the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research....
, the camauro derives from the academic cap (the pileus
Pileus

Pileus may mean:In science:*Pileus , the "cap" of a mushroom*Pileus , a type of cloud formationIn historic clothing:*Pileus , a style of cap worn by ancient Romans...
), originally worn to protect tonsure
Tonsure

Tonsure is the practice of some Christianity churches, mystics, Buddhist novices and Bhikkhus, and some Hindu temples of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics, devotees or holy people as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem....
d clerical
Clergy

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from the Greek language ?????? - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" or metaphorically, "heritage"....
 heads from the cold.






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A camauro (from the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 camelaucum, from Greek
Greek language

Greek is an Indo-European languages native to the southern Balkan peninsula, the language of the Greek people. It forms an independent branch within Indo-European....
 kamelauchion, meaning "camel
Camel

Camels are even-toed ungulates within the genus Camelus. The dromedary, one-humped or Arabian camel has a single hump and is well known for its healthy low fat milk, and the Bactrian camel has two humps....
 skin hat") is a cap traditionally worn by the Pope
Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
 of the Catholic Church.

Papal camauros are of red wool or velvet with white ermine
Stoat

The stoat is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. In North America it is known as the ermine or short-tailed weasel; elsewhere, "ermine" refers to the animal only when it has white fur, which it moults to in winter in snowy parts of its range....
 trim and are worn, usually in winter, in place of the zucchetto
Zucchetto

The zucchetto , also called pileolus in Latin, is a small cap worn by clergy of the Roman Catholic Church and within Anglicanism . It was first adopted for practical reasons — to keep the clergy's tonsured heads warm in cold, damp churches — and has survived as a traditional item of dress....
, which in turn takes the place of the biretta
Biretta

The biretta is a square cap with three or four ridges or peaks, sometimes surmounted by a tuft, traditionally worn by Catholic Church hierarchy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy....
 worn by other members of the clergy. Like the biretta
Biretta

The biretta is a square cap with three or four ridges or peaks, sometimes surmounted by a tuft, traditionally worn by Catholic Church hierarchy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy....
 worn by lower clergy and the mortarboard worn by academics
Academia

Academia, Academe, or the Academy are collective terms for the community of students and scholars engaged in higher education and research....
, the camauro derives from the academic cap (the pileus
Pileus

Pileus may mean:In science:*Pileus , the "cap" of a mushroom*Pileus , a type of cloud formationIn historic clothing:*Pileus , a style of cap worn by ancient Romans...
), originally worn to protect tonsure
Tonsure

Tonsure is the practice of some Christianity churches, mystics, Buddhist novices and Bhikkhus, and some Hindu temples of cutting the hair from the scalp of clerics, devotees or holy people as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem....
d clerical
Clergy

Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. The term comes from the Greek language ?????? - kleros, "a lot", "that which is assigned by lot" or metaphorically, "heritage"....
 heads from the cold. It is often worn with a shoulder winter cloak (mozzetta
Mozzetta

The mozzetta is a short elbow-length cape that covers the shoulders and is buttoned over the breast. It is worn as part of choir dress by some of the clergy of the Catholic Church, among them the Pope, cardinal s, bishops, abbots, canons and religious superiors....
), also sometimes fur-lined.

The camauro has been part of the papal wardrobe since the 12th century. Until 1464, it was also worn by cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)

A cardinal is a senior Ecclesiology official, usually a Bishop , of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope....
s, without the ermine trim; from that date, the camauro became exclusively a papal garment and cardinals wore the scarlet biretta
Biretta

The biretta is a square cap with three or four ridges or peaks, sometimes surmounted by a tuft, traditionally worn by Catholic Church hierarchy and some Anglican and Lutheran clergy....
 instead. The papal camauro fell into disuse after the death of Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII

Blessed Pope John XXIII , born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli , known as Blessed John XXIII since his beatification, was elected as the 261st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and monarch of Vatican City on 28 October 1958....
 in 1963, but it was revived in December 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI is the List of popes and reigning Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and, as such, monarch of the Vatican City....
. Benedict's wearing the hat prompted comparisons to Santa Claus
Santa Claus

Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus....
 and Father Christmas
Father Christmas

Father Christmas is the name used in many English language speaking countries for the gift-bringing figure of Christmas. A similar figure with the same name exists in several other countries, including France Spain , Portugal , Italy and Romania ....
 in the media ; St. Nicholas Thaumaturgos, who became the legendary Santa Claus, was bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
 of Myra
Myra

File:Myra Theatre.JPGMyra is an ancient town in Lycia, where the small town of Kale is situated today in present day Antalya Province of Turkey....
.



Sources and References

  • (BBC News
    BBC News

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    , 22 December 2005))
  • (PDF, p.21-22)