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]
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
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.
2013–present
Papal pennant
With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis'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.
^"Flag of Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. vertically divided yellow-white national flag with an emblem on the white stripe featuring two crossed keys and a papal tiara. The flag is square in its proportions.
^"The Flag of the Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. The Vatican City State flag is square in shape, with yellow and white vertically divided on each side of the flag.
^"Storia della Bandiera dello Stato della Città del Vaticano". vatican.va (in Italian). 31 December 2000. 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.
^"Bandiera pontificia" (in Spanish). Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from
the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2024-03-09. En el pasado, la bandera del Estado pontificio era de color amarillo y granate (o mejor dicho, carmesì y rojo, colores relacionados con el escudo de la Santa Sede), dos colores tradicionales del Senado y del Pueblo romano.
^Becker, William M. (2018). "1: Toward the Modern Papal Colors (1800–1825)". Vatican Flags: Keys and Crowns Since 1800. North American Vexillological Association. p. 22.
ISBN978-0974772875.
^"Bandiera pontificia" (in Italian). Stato della cità del Vaticano. Archived from
the original on 2008-10-15. 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
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]
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
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.
2013–present
Papal pennant
With a yellow band at the hoist and Pope Francis'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.
^"Flag of Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. vertically divided yellow-white national flag with an emblem on the white stripe featuring two crossed keys and a papal tiara. The flag is square in its proportions.
^"The Flag of the Vatican City". Retrieved 2021-09-26. The Vatican City State flag is square in shape, with yellow and white vertically divided on each side of the flag.
^"Storia della Bandiera dello Stato della Città del Vaticano". vatican.va (in Italian). 31 December 2000. 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.
^"Bandiera pontificia" (in Spanish). Estado de la Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from
the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 2024-03-09. En el pasado, la bandera del Estado pontificio era de color amarillo y granate (o mejor dicho, carmesì y rojo, colores relacionados con el escudo de la Santa Sede), dos colores tradicionales del Senado y del Pueblo romano.
^Becker, William M. (2018). "1: Toward the Modern Papal Colors (1800–1825)". Vatican Flags: Keys and Crowns Since 1800. North American Vexillological Association. p. 22.
ISBN978-0974772875.
^"Bandiera pontificia" (in Italian). Stato della cità del Vaticano. Archived from
the original on 2008-10-15. 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