Coat of arms of Vatican City

Not to be confused with Coat of arms of the Holy See.

Coat of arms of Vatican City
2023 version of the arms [1]
Adopted	7 June 1929
Shield	The 2023 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State describes the shield as "chiavi decussate sormontate del Triregno in campo rosso" ("keys in saltire surmounted by the papal tiara on a red field") [1]

The coat of arms of Vatican City is the coat of arms used by Vatican City, which was originally adopted by the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State on 7 June 1929. This coat of arms is defined by law as having the silver key in bend and the gold key in bend sinister. ^[1]

History

The original 1929 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State describes the Vatican City's coat of arms in its article 19 and the law's annex B. ^[2]

The coat of arms was also described in the Fundamental Law of Vatican City State in force from 2001 to 2023, in its article 20 and in the law's "Annex B. Official coat of arms of Vatican City State". ^[3]

Vatican City's coat of arms is described in the 2023 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, in its article 23 which simply states to refer to the law's Annex B. ^{[1] [4]}

See also

• Flag of Vatican City
• Papal coats of arms
• Papal regalia and insignia
• Vatican City and Holy See passports
• Coat of arms of the Holy See

References

1. "Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, 13 May 2023, Annex B" (PDF). press.vatican.va. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 January 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. "Motu Proprio Di nostro moto proprio che contiene la Legge Fondamentale della Città del Vaticano (7 giugno 1929) – PIO XI". w2.vatican.va. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
3. "La nuova Legge fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (26 novembre 2000) | Giovanni Paolo II". vatican.va. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
4. "Legge Fondamentale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (13 maggio 2023)". www.vatican.va (in Italian). Retrieved 15 October 2025.

Sources

• Text of the 1929 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State (pp. 2-5 of PDF), with Annex B (p. 36 of PDF) depicting the coat of arms
• Text of the 2000 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State (pp. 1054-61 of PDF), with Annex B (p. 1063 of PDF) depicting the coat of arms
• Annex B of the 2023 Fundamental Law of Vatican City State, depicting the coat of arms

External links

• Media related to Coat of arms of Vatican City at Wikimedia Commons
• Secretariat of State – Coat of Arms of the State of Vatican City
• Holy See Press Office – Coat of Arms of the State of Vatican City