List of flags of the Papacy
Appearance
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The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.
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National flag and State flag
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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. |
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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] |
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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
[edit]Military flag
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2013–present | Swiss Guard | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf |
Historical flags
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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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-1808[5][6] | Papal cockade until 1808, de facto state flag[7] | Yellow and Red plain bicolour |
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1808-1870[8] | Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[9] | Yellow and White plain bicolour |
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-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 |
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Flag of Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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". Retrieved 2021-09-26.
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 Italian). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "letter to the German nunciature (2010-05-27)" (PDF) (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Storia della Bandiera dello Stato della Città del Vaticano". vatican.va (in Italian). 31 December 2000.
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.
- ^ "Bandiera pontificia" (in Spanish). Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bandiera pontificia" (in Italian). Stato della cità del Vaticano. Archived from the original on 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
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". La Stampa (in Italian). 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ "MEMORIAE TRADERE. E' TORNATA IN VATICANO LA BANDIERA DEI DIFENSORI DI PORTA PIA – di Pucci Cipriani – Ricognizioni". www.ricognizioni.it. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ Cipriani, Pucci (2022-10-31). "È tornata in Vaticano la Bandiera dei difensori di Porta Pia" (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-03.
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