First used by the merchant fleet in the Papal States from 1825 to 1870, the design used today was chosen as the new flag of Vatican City in 1929.

A variety of versions of the Vatican City flag are seen around Rome. Clockwise from the upper left, this graphic features the official version published in 2000 and again May 13, 2023; a version ...

Perhaps surprisingly, the Vatican flag is less than 100 years old, as is Vatican City itself. For more than a millennium before 1870, the pope ruled over the Papal States, large regions mainly ...

The flag and crest of Vatican City State are described in the "fundamental law" of the tiny independent nation. Pope Francis issued a new version of the law, which was published by the Vatican May ...