Papal State White Flag 1803-1825 Vatican City Pope Merchant Ensign Tobacco Silk

Description: Papal State White Flag 1803-1825 Vatican City Pope Merchant Ensign Tobacco Silk. The coat of arms of Vatican City is centred in the white half of the flag. The coat of arms consists of: the papal tiara (as used under the pontificate of Pius XI); the two keys which represent the Keys of Heaven (according to the Gospel of Matthew 16:19) given by Jesus Christ to St Peter. The popes are regarded as the successor of Peter, and the gold and silver keys have been significant elements in the symbolism of the Holy See since the 13th century. The gold represents spiritual power, while the silver key represents worldly power. The order of the keys on the coat of arms of Vatican City is the reverse of the coat of arms of the Holy See, in order to distinguish between the two entities. a red cord connecting the keys. The coats of arms of the Holy See and Vatican City in the form that combines two crossed keys and a tiara used as a coat of arms of the Holy See have origins attested from the 14th century. The combination of one gold and one silver key is a somewhat later development. The sede vacante emblem The gold key is placed in bend also in the sede vacante emblem, with the tiara replaced by an umbraculum (umbrella) said to represent the absence of a pope and the temporary governance of the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church over the temporal affairs of the Holy See, and in the arms of the Papal States. Tiara By the end of Froissart's 14th century the papal tiara was included in the coat of arms of the Holy See according to Galbreath and Insegne e simboli: araldica pubblica e privata medievale e moderna. Claudio Ceresa, on the other hand, says the earliest known evidence of its adoption dates from the following century, in the pontificate of Martin V (1417–1431).

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End Time: 2024-11-26T03:00:00.000Z

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