List of flags of the Papacy

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The following is a list of flags used in the Vatican City.

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[edit] National flag and State flag

Flag Date Use Description
June 8, 1929—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. Ratio: 1:1.

[edit] Papal flags

Flag Date Use Description
2005—Present Papal pennant With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly.

[edit] Military flag

Flag Date Use Description
2005-Present Swiss Guard Papal guard flag of 1914, but with Benedict XVI's arms.

[edit] Historical flags

Flag Date Use Description
1808-1929 Yellow and white.
 ?-1808 Red and yellow; same as the modern flag of the City of Rome.
1771-? Red flag bearing a cross over a stone (near the hoist) and a bear (looking to hoist) at fly.
1669-1771 Flag with Christ in the cross, St Peter and St Paul.
Naval ensign White ensign with a small tiara-keys emblem between the figures of St Peter and St Paul.

[edit] See also

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