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Coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor
The
Coronation
of the
Holy Roman Emperor
refers to a ceremony in which the ruler of Europe's then-largest political entity received the
Imperial Regalia
at the hands of the
Pope
, symbolizing the pope's alleged right to crown
Christian
sovereigns, and the emperor's role as protector of the
Roman Catholic Church
. The
Holy Roman Empresses
were crowned as well.
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