Pius VI and Pius VII
the Pope
pope was cool
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor. This was already planned, and Pope Pius VII agreed.
You must be thinking of "Holy Crap", when Peter kidnaps the Pope
He insisted on the presence of the Pope, but the Pope did not crown him. Napoleon put the crown on his own head.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Imprisoning the pope.
Napoleon's crowning was significant because it showed that he had more power than the pope and the church. Napoleon took the crown from the Pope's hands and put it on himself. He did this to declare his power.
15th July 1801
So that he would not appear subservient to the Pope.
Emperor. The pope was going to crown him, but Napoleon took the crown away and crowned himself Emperor.