List of flags of the Papacy

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

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National flag and State flag

FlagDateUseDescription
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.

Papal flags

FlagDateUseDescription
2005–2013Papal pennantWith a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Benedict's personal arms in color in the white fly.

Military flag

FlagDateUseDescription
2013–present Swiss Guard Papal guard flag of 1914, but with the arms of Pope Francis and Commandant Daniel Anrig

Historical flags

FlagDateUseDescription
1808–1929 Yellow and white.
?-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.
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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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