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.

Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form	Occurrences
Apostolic See	4
Pope	2
Diocese of Rome	1
Papacy	1
Patriarchate of Rome	1
Properties of the Holy See in Rome	1
Roman See	1
Sovereign of the Vatican City State	1
Sovereign of the Vatican City precursor, the Holy See	1
The Vatican	1
Vatican	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 (353)

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

Sala Regia → accessControlledBy → Holy See ⓘ

Spanish ambassador to the Holy See → accreditedTo → Holy See ⓘ

Inno e Marcia Pontificale → adoptedAsAnthemBy → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal → affiliatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Eastern Section → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Ethnological Museum Anima Mundi → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

International Federation of Catholic Universities → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Konrad Krajewski

Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Rome → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Palazzo delle Congregazioni

Pontifical Academy of Sciences → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Biblical Commission → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Víctor Manuel Fernández → affiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican City flag → alsoRepresents → Holy See ⓘ

Duke of Choiseul for France → ambassadorTo → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Duke of Choiseul

Pastor bonus → appliesTo → Holy See ⓘ

Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church → appliesToJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Curia → appliesToJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Secretariat of State of the Holy See → appliesToJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Book of Blessings → approvedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Constitutions of the Order of Preachers → approvedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Divine Mercy Sunday → approvedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Dominican Rite → approvedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Mass of Paul VI → approvedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican citizen → associatedInstitution → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Camera → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Coat of arms of Benedict XVI → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Latin → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Inno e Marcia Pontificale → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Papacy → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Pietà Chapel → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Pope Pius IX → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Scala Regia (Vatican) → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Sovereign of the Vatican City State → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican Hill → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

crossed keys of Saint Peter → associatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Lateran Basilica (reinterment) → associatedWithSee → Holy See ⓘ

Primate of Italy → associatedWithSee → Holy See ⓘ

Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (2015) → authority → Holy See ⓘ

Laetare Jerusalem → authority → Holy See ⓘ

Missale Romanum → authority → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Breviary → authority → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Ritual → authority → Holy See ⓘ

Anglican Use → authorizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

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

Basilica of Saint John Lateran → belongsTo → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for the Clergy → belongsTo → Holy See ⓘ

Major Penitentiary → belongsTo → Holy See ⓘ