List of flags of the Papacy
Appearance
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (June 2013) |
The following is a list of flags used in Vatican City and the Papal States. Template:Vatican City
National flag and State flag
Papal flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2005–2013 | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict'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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1669–1771 | Flag with Christ in the cross, St Peter and St Paul. | ||
1771-? | Red flag bearing a cross over a stone (near the hoist) and a bear (looking to hoist) at fly. | ||
?-1808 [1] | Red and yellow; two colors traditional of the Roman Senate and People.[1] Similar colors as the modern flag of the City of Rome. | ||
1808–1929 | Yellow and white. | ||
Former 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. |
See also
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References
- ^ a b "Bandiera pontificia" (in Italian). Stato della cità del Vaticano. 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