The Tiara of Pope Pius X was a papal tiara

Papal Tiara

The Papal Tiara, also known incorrectly as the Triple Tiara, or in Latin as the Triregnum, in Italian as the Triregno and as the Trirègne in French, is the three-tiered jewelled papal crown, supposedly of Byzantine and Persian origin, that is a prominent symbol of the papacy...

 manufactured for Pope Pius X

Pope Pius X

Pope Saint Pius X , born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, was the 257th Pope of the Catholic Church, serving from 1903 to 1914. He was the first pope since Pope Pius V to be canonized. Pius X rejected modernist interpretations of Catholic doctrine, promoting traditional devotional practices and orthodox...

 by the papal jewellers, Tatani, to commemorate the Golden Jubilee

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 of Pius's ordination as a Catholic priest.

The new tiara, the only tiara he received in his reign, was given to him in 1908.

It was manufactured for the pope because Pius complained that the normal tiaras worn, the Palatine Tiara

Palatine Tiara

The Palatine Tiara is the most widely used Papal Tiara in the possession of the Vatican. It was donated to Pope Pius IX in 1877 by the Holy See's Palatine Guard to commemorate his jubilee as a bishop...

, the Golden Tiara

Golden Tiara

The Golden Tiara was a gold and silver papal tiara given to Pope Leo XIII in 1903.The tiara was given by the Vicar-General of Rome on behalf of the world's Catholics to commemorate the Pope's Silver Jubilee as pope. It was the fourth papal tiara given to Pope Leo during his twenty-five year...

 and his particular favourite, the Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI

Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI (1834)

The 1834 Tiara of Pope Gregory XVI was a papal tiara given to Pope Gregory XVI. It was the first of three tiaras received or commissioned by Pope Gregory during his reign....

 were all too heavy and uncomfortable to wear.

While a number of lightweight tiaras did exist, many were quite old and fragile.

Records suggest that the Tiara of Pope Pius X was rarely worn by his successors.

The tiara is now on view, with the others, in the Papal Treasury in the Vatican

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