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 |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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. |
![]() | 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] |
![]() | 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
Military flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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 |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 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. | |
![]() | 1300s | Banner of Pope Boniface VIII | |
![]() | 1510s | Banner of Pope Leo X | |
![]() | 1520s | ||
![]() | 1520s | Flag used by papal military strategist Jacopo Pesaro | |
![]() | 1540s | Banner of Pope Paul III | |
![]() | 1669–1771 | Flag for Papal Ships | Flag 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 |
![]() | -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 | White |
![]() | 1849 | Flag of the Roman Republic | The Italian tricolour using darker colours with the phrase DIO E POPOLO (God and People) in the centre. |
![]() | 1825–1870 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | Yellow and white. |
See also
References
External links
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