Holy See

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central governing body of the Catholic Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction sovereign subject of international law subject of international law

The Holy See is the central governing authority of the Catholic Church and a sovereign subject of international law, headed by the Pope and based in Vatican City.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
Holy See canonical	1,256
Apostolic See	11
Vatican	7
the Holy See	5
Pope	2
Apostolic See of Rome	1
Diocese of Rome	1
Holy See (for major international shrines)	1
Holy See (historically, as an archdiocese)	1
Holy See administration	1
Papacy	1
Patriarchate of Rome	1
Properties of the Holy See in Rome	1
Roman See	1
Santa Sede	1
See of Rome	1
Sovereign of the Vatican City State	1
Sovereign of the Vatican City precursor, the Holy See	1
The Vatican	1
below Holy See	1
the See of Rome	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central governing body of the Catholic Church ⓘ ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ sovereign subject of international law ⓘ subject of international law ⓘ
capital	Vatican City ⓘ
centeredOn	Pope Francis ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome
controlsTerritory	Vatican City ⓘ surface form: Vatican City State
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
distinctFrom	Vatican City ⓘ
episcopalSeeOf	Pope ⓘ
established	early centuries of Christianity ⓘ
governs	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ Latin Rite ⓘ surface form: Latin Church
hasAdministrativeBody	Roman Curia ⓘ
hasConcordatWith	many sovereign states ⓘ
hasDiplomaticService	Apostolic Nunciature ⓘ
hasJudicialBody	Apostolic Penitentiary ⓘ Apostolic Signatura ⓘ Roman Curia ⓘ surface form: Roman Rota
hasLegislativeBody	Roman Curia ⓘ surface form: Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
hasRepresentativeTitle	Apostolic Nunciature ⓘ surface form: Apostolic Nuncio
headOfState	Pope Francis ⓘ surface form: Pope
issuesDocumentType	apostolic constitution ⓘ motu proprio ⓘ papal encyclical ⓘ
leaderTitle	Pope Francis ⓘ surface form: Supreme Pontiff
legalSystem	Vatican civil law ⓘ canon law ⓘ
locatedIn	Rome ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
memberOf	International Telecommunication Union ⓘ Universal Postal Union ⓘ
observerStatusIn	Council of Europe ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.vatican.va ⓘ
recognizedAs	sovereign entity ⓘ subject of international law distinct from Vatican City State ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
religiousLeaderTitle	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome
seat	Vatican City ⓘ
shortName	Holy See self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: the See of Rome
significantBuilding	Apostolic Palace ⓘ Apostolic Palace ⓘ surface form: Sistine Chapel St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
usesCurrency	euro ⓘ

Referenced by (1,297)

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

United Nations → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → hasCentralAuthority → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope

Roman Catholicism → hasLeaderTitle → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope

Roman Catholicism → isInCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Holy See → shortName → Holy See self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: the See of Rome

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe → hasMember → Holy See ⓘ

Pope Francis → positionHeld → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign of the Vatican City State

Organization of American States → hasObserverStatusFor → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Curia → appliesToJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Nunciature → hasAffiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Nunciature → represents → Holy See ⓘ

St. Peter's Basilica → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ

St. Peter's Basilica → operator → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican civil law → governedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Rome → isSeatOf → Holy See ⓘ

Rome → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Properties of the Holy See in Rome

Apostolic Palace → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Palace → controlledBy → Holy See ⓘ

Council for the Economy → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Council for the Economy → hasJurisdictionOver → Holy See ⓘ

Office of the Auditor General → jurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Office of the Auditor General → parentOrganization → Holy See ⓘ

Commission for Confidential Matters → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Commission for Confidential Matters → hasJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Commission for Confidential Matters → subjectToAuthorityOf → Holy See ⓘ

Committee for Investments → jurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Pastor bonus → appliesTo → Holy See ⓘ

Concordat of 1801 → signatory → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papacy

Rite of Baptism (Roman Rite) → authorizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Amoris laetitia → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Secretariat for the Economy → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Secretariat for the Economy → jurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Pantheon → religiousAdministration → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diocese of Rome

Eastern Catholic Churches → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Council of Europe → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

Latin Rite → hasPrimarySee → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Penitentiary → isOrganOf → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Pope → isHeadOf → Holy See ⓘ

Fratelli tutti → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Sciences → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Sciences → parentOrganization → Holy See ⓘ

Lumen fidei → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Signatura → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

WHO Regional Office for Europe → memberStatesInclude → Holy See ⓘ

Domus Sanctae Marthae → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Domus Sanctae Marthae → operatedBy → Holy See ⓘ

East–West Schism → involves → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Patriarchate of Rome

Dicastery for the Evangelization → jurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ