 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (May 2025) |
The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.
 |
| This article is part of a series on |
| Vatican City |
|---|
National flag and State flag
[edit]| Flag | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
.svg) |
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] |
.svg) |
26 November 2000 – 7 June 2023 | |
.svg) |
7 June 2023–present |
Papal flags
[edit]Papal standard
[edit]| Flag | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
1523–1534 | Orange and red stripes charged with the coat of arms of Pope Clement VII. |
 |
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. |
.svg) |
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. |
 |
2023–2025 | |
 |
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
[edit]| Flag | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
2005–2013 | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
.svg) |
2013–2023 | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
 |
2023–2025 | |
 |
2025- | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Leo's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
Papal banners
[edit]| Flag | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
1922–1939 | Papal banner of Pope Pius XI |
 |
1939–1958 | Papal banner of Pope Pius XII |
 |
1958–1963 | Papal banner of Pope John XXIII |
 |
1963–1978 | Papal banner of Pope Paul VI |
 |
1978–2005 | Papal banner of Pope John Paul II |
 |
2005–2013 | Papal banner of Pope Benedict XVI |
.svg) |
2013–2025 | Papal banner of Pope Francis |
 |
2025- | Papal banner of Pope Leo XIV |
Military flag
[edit]| Flag | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
 |
1978–1982 | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope John Paul II and Commandant Franz Pfyffer von Altishofen |
 |
2002–2005 | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope John Paul II and Commandant Elmar Mäder |
 |
2005–2008 | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Benedict XVI and Commandant Elmar Mäder |
 |
2008–2013 | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Benedict XVI and Commandant Daniel Anrig |
 |
2013–2015 | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Daniel Anrig |
 |
2015–2025 | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf |
 |
2025– | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Leo XIV and Commandant Christoph Graf[5] |
Historical flags
[edit]| 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 | A red swallowtail with two golden keys crossed over an umbraculum of the same colour. |
 |
1510s | Banner of Pope Leo X | An orange swallowtail with seven red roundels. |
 |
1520s | An orange swallowtail featuring two crossed keys on a white shield. | |
 |
1520s | Flag used by papal military strategist Jacopo Pesaro | |
 |
1540s | Banner of Pope Paul III | Dark red swallowtail with the keys and tiara design. |
.gif) |
1669–1771 | Flag for Papal Ships | A red flag with Christ on the cross, surrounded by St. Peter and St. Paul. |
.svg) |
-1808[6][7] | Papal cockade until 1808, de facto state flag[8] | Vertical red and yellow bicolour. |
.svg) |
1808-1870[9] | Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[10] | Vertical yellow and white bicolour. |
|
-1870 | War and proto-national flag[11] flown over Porta Pia during the fall of Rome (1870)[12][13][14] | Yellow and white, with simplified coat of arms of the Holy see in the middle |
.svg) |
1803–1825 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | A white banner with the keys and tiara in the centre. |
.svg) |
1849 | Flag of the Roman Republic | The Italian tricolour with the phrase DIO E POPOLO (God and People) in the centre. |
.svg) |
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
[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.
- ^ The file here uploaded contains the wrong Commandant's arms.
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]