The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.
Contents
- National flag and State flag
- Papal flags
- Military flag
- Historical flags
- See also
- References
- External links
The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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. |
 | 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. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2005–2013 | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
 | 2013–present | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 2013–present | Swiss Guard | Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Christoph Graf |
| 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. |
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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.
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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
