Bible Encyclopedias
Infula

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(otherwise called mitra, στέφανος , corona, κίδαρις, diadema, and τίαρα , tiara) is a cap worn, since the 16th century, by the bishops of the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, as one of the insignia of their episcopal office. (See MITRE).