Sovereign of the Vatican City State

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ecclesiastical office head of state role monarchical office

The Sovereign of the Vatican City State is the reigning pope who serves as the absolute monarch and head of state of the Vatican City, the world's smallest independent country and the spiritual center of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Sovereign of Vatican City 4
Sovereign of Vatican City State 4
Sovereign of the Vatican City (later Holy See jurisdiction) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ecclesiastical office ⓘ
head of state role ⓘ
monarchical office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pope as Sovereign of Vatican City ⓘ
Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City

Sovereign of the State of Vatican City ⓘ
appointedBy papal conclave ⓘ
associatedWith Holy See ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
canConclude treaties ⓘ
canIssue laws and regulations for Vatican City State ⓘ
canResign yes ⓘ
commands Swiss Guard ⓘ
surface form: Pontifical Swiss Guard
country Vatican City ⓘ
surface form: Vatican City State
currentOfficeHolder Pope Francis ⓘ
diplomaticRole represents Vatican City in international relations ⓘ
established 1929 ⓘ
establishedBy Lateran Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Lateran Treaty of 1929
firstOfficeHolder Pope Pius XI ⓘ
firstOfficeHolderStart 1929 ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
elective monarchy ⓘ
hasTitle Sovereign of the Holy See and Vatican City State ⓘ
Sovereign of the Vatican City State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vatican City head of state

Sovereign of the Vatican City State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vatican City monarch
headOfStateOf Vatican City ⓘ
surface form: Vatican City State
jurisdictionOver Vatican City citizens ⓘ
Vatican City territory ⓘ
legalBasis Fundamental Law of Vatican City State of 2000 ⓘ
surface form: Fundamental Law of Vatican City State

Lateran Treaty ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
officeHolder Pope ⓘ
reigning pope ⓘ
residence Apostolic Palace ⓘ
Domus Sanctae Marthae ⓘ
roleIn head of state of Vatican City ⓘ
supreme executive authority in Vatican City ⓘ
supreme judicial authority in Vatican City ⓘ
supreme legislative authority in Vatican City ⓘ
selectionMethod election by College of Cardinals ⓘ
spiritualRole Bishop of Rome ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church
symbol Vatican City flag ⓘ
surface form: Flag of Vatican City

Keys of Heaven ⓘ
Papal tiara ⓘ
termLength life tenure ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sovereign of the Vatican City State → alsoKnownAs → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City
Sovereign of the Vatican City State → hasTitle → Sovereign of the Vatican City State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatican City head of state
Sovereign of the Vatican City State → hasTitle → Sovereign of the Vatican City State self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vatican City monarch
Giovanni Battista → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
subject surface form: Giovanni Battista Montini
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City State
Jorge → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
subject surface form: Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Karol → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
subject surface form: Karol Wojtyła
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City State
Montini → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
subject surface form: Paul VI
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City
Pope Benedict XV → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
Pope Benedict XVI → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
Francis → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
subject surface form: Pope Francis
Pope John Paul I → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City
Pope Pius IX → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of the Vatican City (later Holy See jurisdiction)
Pope Pius XI → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City
Pope Pius XII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City State
Sovereign of the Papal States → replacedBy → Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City State