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Looking for a place to buy a Vatican flag? AZ Flag offers you a very diversified range of various models of the Vatican flag, the smallest state in the world !

To discover urgently all our flags of the Vatican:  the Vatican flags of maxi format 250x150cm or 150x90cm available with eyelets, sheath to slide a pole, rings to hoist your flags outside, flags 90x60cm polyester, garlands of flags, Vatican Prestige table flag in satin, table flag with gold or black tip as well as more original models such as the table flag or the flag 90x90cm coat of arms of Pope Francis, the table flag of the former Pontifical States in 15x15cm (752-1870) or the small flag for Vatican cars !

Choosing your flags on AZ Flag means reserving the "must" of the Internet world flag offer: high quality materials, maximum resistance, bright colours, reinforced edges and seams and 100% machine washable items for an optimal lifetime of all your flags: all for affordable prices !

With AZ Flag, you can enjoy an incredible range of Vatican and Holy See flags to decorate churches or institutions with pontifical colours or organise all your religious events, cultural events, political dinners or ecumenical meetings !

Main information of the country:

Capital: Vatican City

Surface area: 0.44 km²

Population: 829

Currency: Euro

Official national languages: Latin, Italian, French, German

History of the Vatican flag

The Vatican flag is square in shape and consists of two vertical stripes of the same width, yellow and white in colour with the Vatican coat of arms (the keys of St. Peter surmounted by the papal tiara) in the white strip on the wind side. It is one of the symbols of the Vatican City, the smallest state in Europe that is an Italian enclave in the city of Rome.

This 1:1 country flag was adopted on 7th June 1929, the year of the creation of the new state of the Vatican City governed by the Holy See! Pope Pius XI is the one who signed the Lateran agreements signed with Italy and who is at the origin of the addition of the coat of arms on the flag!

This flag was inspired by the ancient flags of the Pontifical States, also known as the States of the Church: the former States of Europe which between 752 and 1870 were under the temporal authority of the Pope (precisely the Italian enclaves of Benevento, Pontecorvo and certain French territories such as the Comtat Venaissin or Avignon, former city of the Popes).

Symbolism of the Vatican flag and its coat of arms

The yellow band (on the side of the shaft) represents the spiritual power of the Pope: the Pope being the spiritual head of the Roman Catholic Church (and of the whole world now) possesses the papal primacy: that is, he is considered the apostolic successor of Saint Peter (considered as the first bishop of Rome by Catholics). For the Catholic Christian Church, the Pope is indeed the visible leader of the church (its invisible leader being Jesus Christ). Among other titles, he is Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Supreme Head of the Church. While the white color symbolizes his temporal power on earth, he is indeed the monarch of the Vatican City State (ruled by the Holy See) over which he has had absolute power since 1870.

The other symbol that can be seen floating on the flag is the Vatican coat of arms: crossed (deceased) keys of Saint Peter surmounted by the triregnum (the Pope's tiara). The keys of St. Peter are a very powerful Christian symbol (in the Gospels). They symbolize the keys of the kingdom of heaven promised by Christ to the apostle Peter and hence, they are now the insignia of the Holy Father, considered his successor.

One is made of gold to represent the papal "power" of the kingdom of heaven and the other of silver symbolizes the spiritual authority of the papacy on earth. Their opening mechanism is turned upwards (spiritual power turned towards the sky) and the handles downwards on the side of the shield (earthly power over the world). The two crossed keys form a cross (like the cross of Saint Andrew). Since the 14th century, these insignia of Saint Peter have also been the official symbol of the Holy See (or Apostolic See), but the motif of the silver and gold keys has been reversed.

The papal triregnum or tiara is made up of three crowns that refer to the three powers of the Supreme Pontiff: the sacrament (supreme priest), the jurisdiction (supreme pastor) and the magisterium (supreme teacher). Above the tiara is a golden cross representing Christ's crucifixion on Calvary.

Why choose your Vatican flag on AZ Flag ?

All our flags of the Vatican City, banners and pavilions are made of 100% polyester textile fibre have undeniable advantages: the elastic fabric does not wrinkle, the bright colours adhere fully to it for a brilliant visual effect! In addition, this type of fabric is very resistant to humidity (very practical when you want to hang your flags outside or hoist your flags on official buildings) and can be washed in the washing machine !

If you want to provide yourself with flags designed with more resistant materials, you can choose our ultra resistant, high quality and durable satin or stitched items !

Complete your collection of flags of the Holy See and vexillary emblems with other flags of the countries of Europe or the countries of the World: Italy flag, France flag, United Kingdom flag as well as all the flags of the world and emblems of Christianity such as the cruciferous flags: St. George's Cross flag, Scandinavian cross, St. Patrick's cross.

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