Religion:List of flags of the Papacy
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The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.
National flag and State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:ListFlag | 7 June 1929 – 26 November 2000 | National flag and civil ensign | Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys. |
| Template:ListFlag | 26 November 2000 – 7 June 2023 | National flag and civil ensign | Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys. Ratio: 1:1.[1][2][3][4] |
| Template:ListFlag | 7 June 2023–present | National flag and civil ensign | Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys. |
Papal flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:ListFlag | 2005–2013 | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
| Template:ListFlag | 2013–present | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
Military flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:ListFlag | 2013–present | Swiss Guard | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Papal naval ensign | White flag with a version of the coat of arms of the Holy See between the figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. | |
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1300s | Banner of Pope Boniface VIII | |
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1510s | Banner of Pope Leo X | |
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1520s | ||
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1520s | Flag used by papal military strategist Jacopo Pesaro | |
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1540s | Banner of Pope Paul III | |
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1669–1771 | Flag for Papal Ships | Flag with Christ on the cross, St Peter and St Paul. |
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-1870[5] | Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[6] | Yellow and White plain bicolour |
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-1870 | War and proto-national flag[7] flown over Porta Pia during the fall of Rome (1870)[8][9][10] | Yellow and white, with simplified coat of arms of the Holy see in the middle |
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1803–1825 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | White |
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1849 | Flag of the Roman Republic | The Italian tricolour using darker colours with the phrase DIO E POPOLO (God and People) in the centre. |
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1825–1870 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | Yellow and white. |
See also
References
- ↑ "Flag of Vatican City". https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Vatican-City. "vertically divided yellow-white national flag with an emblem on the white stripe featuring two crossed keys and a papal tiara. The flag is square in its proportions."
- ↑ "The Flag of the Vatican City". https://www.vaticancitytours.it/blog/the-flag-of-the-vatican-city/. "The Vatican City State flag is square in shape, with yellow and white vertically divided on each side of the flag."
- ↑ "Legge fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano 26 novembre 2000" (in it). https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/informazione_generale/legge-fondamentale_it.html.
- ↑ "letter to the German nunciature (2010-05-27)" (in de). https://www.protokoll-inland.de/SharedDocs/downloads/Webs/PI/DE/Beflaggung/GenauerBetrachtet/vatikan.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=1.
- ↑ "Bandiera pontificia" (in it). Stato della cità del Vaticano. http://www.vaticanstate.va/IT/Stato_e_Governo/NoteGenerali/Bandiera.htm. "Anticamente la bandiera dello Stato pontificio era giallorossa (o per meglio dire amaranto e rossa, colori derivati dai colori dello stemma della Santa Sede), i due colori tradizionali del Senato e del Popolo romano, che vennero tuttavia sostituiti con il bianco e il giallo nel 1808, allorché Pio VII"
- ↑ William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018
- ↑ William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018
- ↑ "Vaticano, la bandiera di Porta Pia ritorna dopo 141 anni" (in it). 2011-09-29. https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/it/2011/09/29/news/vaticano-la-bandiera-di-porta-pia-ritorna-dopo-141-anni-1.36933263/.
- ↑ "MEMORIAE TRADERE. E’ TORNATA IN VATICANO LA BANDIERA DEI DIFENSORI DI PORTA PIA – di Pucci Cipriani – Ricognizioni". https://www.ricognizioni.it/memoriae-tradere-e-tornata-in-vaticano-la-bandiera-dei-difensori-di-porta-pia-di-pucci-cipriani/.
- ↑ Cipriani, Pucci (2022-10-31). "È tornata in Vaticano la Bandiera dei difensori di Porta Pia" (in it-IT). https://soldatidelre.it/e-tornata-in-vaticano-la-bandiera-dei-difensori-di-porta-pia/.
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