List of flags of the Papacy

The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.

National flag and State flag

FlagDateUseDescription
7 June 1929 – 26 November 2000National flag and civil ensignTwo fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears the tiara and the keys.
26 November 2000 – 7 June 2023National flag and civil ensignTwo 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]
7 June 2023–presentNational flag and civil ensignTwo 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

FlagDateUseDescription
2005–2013Papal pennantWith a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly.
2013–presentPapal pennantWith a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly.

Military flag

FlagDateUseDescription
2013–presentSwiss GuardPapal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
Papal naval ensignWhite flag with a version of the coat of arms of the Holy See between the figures of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.
1300sBanner of Pope Boniface VIII
1510sBanner of Pope Leo X
1520s
1520sFlag used by papal military strategist Jacopo Pesaro
1540sBanner of Pope Paul III
1669–1771Flag for Papal ShipsFlag with Christ on the cross, St Peter and St Paul.
-1808[5][6]Papal cockade until 1808, de facto state flag[7]Yellow and Red plain bicolour
1808-1870[8]Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[9]Yellow and White plain bicolour
-1870War 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
1803–1825Flag for Papal Merchant ShipsWhite
1849Flag of the Roman RepublicThe Italian tricolour using darker colours with the phrase DIO E POPOLO
(God and People) in the centre.
1825–1870Flag for Papal Merchant ShipsYellow and white.

See also

References