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.
National flag and State flag
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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. |
 | 26 November 2000 – 7 June 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) | 7 June 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
Papal standard
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1523–1534 | Papal flag | |
 | 2005–2013 | Papal flag | Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears Pope Benedict's personal arms. |
.svg) | 2013–2023 | Papal flag | Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears Pope Francis's personal arms. |
 | 2023–present | Papal flag | Two fields divided vertically, yellow field on the staff side and a white field on the other side, which bears Pope Francis's personal arms. |
Papal pennant
| 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. |
.svg) | 2013–2023 | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
 | 2023–present | Papal pennant | With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis's personal arms in color in the white fly. |
Papal banners
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1922–1939 | Papal banner | |
 | 1939–1958 | Papal banner | |
 | 1958–1963 | Papal banner | |
 | 1963–1978 | Papal banner | |
 | 1978–2005 | Papal banner | |
 | 2005–2013 | Papal banner | |
| 2005–2013 | Papal banner | |
.svg) | 2013–present | Papal banner |
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 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) | -1808[5][6] | Papal cockade until 1808, de facto state flag[7] | Yellow and Red plain bicolour |
.svg) | 1808-1870[8] | Pilot flag, Infantry colours and de-facto civil flag[9] | Yellow and White plain bicolour |
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-1870 | War and proto-national flag[10] flown over Porta Pia during the fall of Rome (1870)[11][12][13] | Yellow and white, with simplified coat of arms of the Holy see in the middle |
.svg) | 1803–1825 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | White |
.svg) | 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) | 1825–1870 | Flag for Papal Merchant Ships | Yellow and white. |
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