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Pope Benedict XVI, wearing camauro: "I got it on sale!"
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Recalling the excitement that greeted his appearance in December 2005 wearing a red-and-white cap called a camauro, which some observers said made the pope resemble Santa Claus, Benedict denied any intention to make a fashion statement.
In New Book, Pope Reflects on Condoms, Fashion, Mistakes, and Calls for His Resignation The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The brim of the camauro turned up to resemble a stetson!
Solemn Pontifical Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, October 18, 2009 2009
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We have not even seen the camauro for a few years and even then, not in the right context.
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Bust of Blessed Pope John XXIII October 28, 1958 — June 3, 1963, wearing camauro, mozzetta and stole.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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This headgear had not been in use for some time, like the camauro that appeared this winter.
General Audience: meeting Jesus in person is our life’s goal Argent 2006
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And the camauro, which I'm probably mispronouncing, was last seen on a pope in the early 1960s, but it is not a nod to Santa Claus and the Christmas season.
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And as for hats, he has sported a red saturno, a sort of papal cowboy hat, and an ermine-trimmed camauro, a crimson cap that resembles a Santa hat and is worn on nonliturgical occasions.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Benedict has also made his own sartorial statements, reverting to long-abandoned papal accessories such as red shoes and the camauro, a red pixie hat.
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Benedict has also made his own sartorial statements, reverting to long-abandoned papal accessories such as red shoes and the camauro, a red pixie hat.
mollusque commented on the word camauro
In the market square, on a Monday, I spent what for me was an enormous sum on some boxes of brilliantine thick as beanflower honey. Then I spent hours smearing it on until my hair was laminated, a leaden cap, a camauro.
--Umberto Eco, 1988, Foucault's Pendulum, p. 114
September 29, 2008