biretta

Example Sentences

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Where the glowering Innocent X portrait radiates authority, Camillo appears softer and shier here, with a red biretta plopped on his head like a question mark.

From New York Times

Fifteen of those who received their red "biretta" hats on Saturday are under 80, bringing the total number of "cardinal electors" to 125.

From Reuters

Francis gave the red-and-white-garbed cardinals their square hat, known as a biretta, and their ring of office in the presence of hundreds of other cardinals and bishops during the solemn ceremony inside Christendom's largest church.

From Reuters

The reason the biretta is red is to symbolise each wearer's willingness to give their lives for the Catholic faith.

From BBC

In the past, it was a fairly safe bet that archbishops of big dioceses or those heading Vatican departments traditionally headed by cardinals would get the three-peaked "biretta", the red ceremonial hat that cardinals wear.

From Reuters