List of flags of the Papacy

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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
	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[]

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.

Military flag[]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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
		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
	1540s	Banner of Pope Paul III
	1669–1771	Flag for Papal Ships	Flag with Christ in the cross, St Peter and St Paul.
	1771–?	Flag of the Papacy (Reconstruction)	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.
	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.

See also[]

• Flag of Vatican City
• Coat of arms of Vatican City
• History of Christian flags

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