List of flags of the Papacy
The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States.
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National flag and State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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.png.webp) | 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. |
.svg.png.webp) | 26 November 2000–13 May 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] |
.svg.png.webp) | 13 May 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
| 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. |
Military flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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 | 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 |
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 | 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 | |
.gif) | 1669–1771 | Flag for Papal Ships | Flag with Christ on the cross, St Peter and St Paul. |
.svg.png.webp) | -1870[5] | Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[6] | Yellow and White plain bicolour |
.svg.png.webp) | 1803–1825 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | White |
.svg.png.webp) | 1849 | Flag of the Roman Republic | The Italian tricolour using darker colours with the phrase DIO E POPOLO (God and People) in the centre. |
.svg.png.webp) | 1825–1870 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | Yellow and white. |
References
- "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.
- "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
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