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Italian is the lingua franca of the Vatican and replaced Latin as the official language of the Synod of Bishops in 2014. [2] The Holy See, the entity with authority over the state (yet legally distinct), uses Latin as its official language and Italian as its main working language in administrative and diplomatic affairs.
Vatican Hill (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən /; Latin: Mons Vaticanus; Italian: Colle Vaticano) is a hill in Rome, located on the right bank (west side) of Tiber river, opposite to the traditional seven hills of Rome. The hill also gave the name to Vatican City. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica.
The Holy See [7] [8] (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair [9] ', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, [10] is the central governing body of the Catholic Church and the Vatican City State. [11]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Enclaved Holy See's independent city-state This article is about the city-state in Europe. For the city-state's government, see Holy See. Vatican City State Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian) Status Civitatis Vaticanae (Latin) Flag Coat of arms Anthem: Inno e Marcia Pontificale ...
The earliest Latin writers used vates to denote prophets and soothsayers in general; the word fell into disuse in Latin until it was revived by Virgil. [6] Thus Ovid could describe himself as the vates of Eros (Amores 3.9). In pagan Rome the vates resided on the Vatican Hill, the Hill of the Vates.
Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085) ordered that the title "pope" be reserved exclusively for the Bishop of Rome.Unknown manuscript from the 11th century. The term pope comes from the Latin papa, and from the Greek πάππας [5] (pappas, which is an affectionate word for 'father'). [6]
About the etymology of Vātī̆cānus there are several hypotheses: according to Barthold Georg Niebuhr, the toponym perhaps refers to an archaic Etruscan settlement called Vaticum; [2] [3] Varro derives the name from a childbirth deity named Vaticanus or Vagitanus, the god of the vagiti ("wailings"), since va was supposed to be the first syllable pronounced by a child; [4] [2] Aulus Gellius ...
The Holy See, metonymically called as The Vatican, the governing body of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church and city-state of Vatican City Roman Curia , the administrative apparatus of the Holy See Vatican Apostolic Archive