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. Template:Vatican City sidebar

National flag and State flag

Main article: Religion:Flag of Vatican City
Flag Date Description
Template:ListFlag 7 June 1929 – 26 November 2000 Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the fly side, which bears the tiara and the keys.[1][2][3][4]
Template:ListFlag 26 November 2000 – 7 June 2023
Template:ListFlag 7 June 2023–present

Papal flags

Papal standard

Flag Date Description
Template:ListFlag 1523–1534 Orange and red stripes charged with the coat of arms of Pope Clement VII.
Template:ListFlag 2005–2013 Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the fly side, which bears Pope Benedict's personal arms.
Template:ListFlag 2013–2023 Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the fly side, which bears Pope Francis's personal arms.
Template:ListFlag 2023–2025
Template:ListFlag 2025- Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the fly side, which bears Pope Leo's personal arms.

Papal pennant

Flag Date Description
Template:ListFlag 2005–2013 With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly.
Template:ListFlag 2013–2023 With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly.
Template:ListFlag 2023–2025
Template:ListFlag 2025- With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Leo's personal arms in color in the white fly.

Papal banners

Flag Date Description
Template:ListFlag 1922–1939 Papal banner of Pope Pius XI
Template:ListFlag 1939–1958 Papal banner of Pope Pius XII
Template:ListFlag 1958–1963 Papal banner of Pope John XXIII
Template:ListFlag 1963–1978 Papal banner of Pope Paul VI
Template:ListFlag 1978–2005 Papal banner of Pope John Paul II
Template:ListFlag 2005–2013 Papal banner of Pope Benedict XVI
Template:ListFlag 2013–2025 Papal banner of Pope Francis
Template:ListFlag 2025- Papal banner of Pope Leo XIV

Military flag

Flag Date Description
Template:ListFlag 1978–1982 Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope John Paul II and Commandant Franz Pfyffer von Altishofen
Template:ListFlag 2002–2005 Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope John Paul II and Commandant Elmar Mäder
Template:ListFlag 2005–2008 Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Benedict XVI and Commandant Elmar Mäder
Template:ListFlag 2008–2013 Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Benedict XVI and Commandant Daniel Anrig
Template:ListFlag 2013–2015 Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Daniel Anrig
Template:ListFlag 2015–2025 Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf
Template:ListFlag 2025– Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Leo XIV and Commandant Christoph Graf

Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
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.
100px 1300s Banner of Pope Boniface VIII A red swallowtail with two golden keys crossed over an umbraculum of the same colour.
100px 1510s Banner of Pope Leo X An orange swallowtail with seven red roundels.
100px 1520s An orange swallowtail featuring two crossed keys on a white shield.
100px 1520s Flag used by papal military strategist Jacopo Pesaro
100px 1540s Banner of Pope Paul III Dark red swallowtail with the keys and tiara design.
1669–1771 Flag for Papal Ships A red flag with Christ on the cross, surrounded by St. Peter and St. Paul.
-1808[5][6] Papal cockade until 1808, de facto state flag[7] Vertical red and yellow bicolour.
1808-1870[8] Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[9] Vertical yellow and white bicolour.
-1870 War and proto-national flag[10] flown over Porta Pia during the fall of Rome (1870)[11][12][13] Yellow and white, with simplified coat of arms of the Holy see in the middle
1803–1825 Flag for Papal Merchant Ships A white banner with the keys and tiara in the centre.
1849 Flag of the Roman Republic The Italian tricolour with the phrase DIO E POPOLO
(God and People) in the centre.
1825–1870 Flag for Papal Merchant Ships Vertical yellow and white bicolour with the tiara and keys in the center of the white half.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "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." 
  2. ↑ "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." 
  3. ↑ "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. 
  4. ↑ "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. 
  5. ↑ "Storia della Bandiera dello Stato della Città del Vaticano" (in it). 31 December 2000. https://www.vatican.va/news_services/press/documentazione/documents/sp_ss_scv/insigne/bandiera_storia_it.html. ""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."" 
  6. ↑ "Bandiera pontificia" (in es). Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano. http://www.vaticanstate.va/ES/Estado_y_Gobierno/Breve_Introduccion/Bandera_pontificia.htm. "En el pasado, la bandera del Estado pontificio era de color amarillo y granate (o mejor dicho, carmesì y rojo, colores relacionados con el escudo de la Santa Sede), dos colores tradicionales del Senado y del Pueblo romano." 
  7. ↑ Becker, William M. (2018). "1: Toward the Modern Papal Colors (1800–1825)". Vatican Flags: Keys and Crowns Since 1800. North American Vexillological Association. p. 22. ISBN 978-0974772875. 
  8. ↑ "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" 
  9. ↑ William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018
  10. ↑ William Becker "Vatican Flags", 2018
  11. ↑ "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/. 
  12. ↑ "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/. 
  13. ↑ 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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