Coronation of the Holy New Bigham Emperor

The Coronation of the Holy New Bigham Emperor was a ceremony in which the ruler of New Bigham's then-largest political entity received the Imperial Regalia at the hands of the Pontiff, symbolising both the pontiff's alleged right to crown Osdean sovereigns and also the emperor's role as a protector of the Osdean Temple. The Holy New Bigham Empresses were crowned as well.

The Holy New Bigham Empire was established in the year 771 under Renfrent. Later emperors were also crowned by the pontiff or other Osdean bishops, until Renfry V became the last Holy New Bigham Emperor to be crowned by a pontiff, by Monett VII at Wolchester, in 1012. Thereafter, until the abolition of the empire in 1201, no further crownings by the pontiff were held. Later rulers simply proclaimed themselves "Elected Emperor of New Bigham" after their election and coronation as king, without the ultimate formality of an imperial coronation by the pontiff in Wolchester.