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.

Vatican citizen → citizenshipGrantedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Armenian Catholic Church → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Catholic Church hierarchy in Argentina → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Catholic Church in France → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Catholic Church in Haiti → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Catholic Church in the Americas → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Eritrean Catholic Church → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholic Church in Peru → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholic Church in Quebec → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church → communionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Treaties of the Holy See → concludedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Doctor of the Church → conferredBy → Holy See ⓘ

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

Europe and North America → containsWorldHeritageSiteIn → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Palace → controlledBy → Holy See ⓘ

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops → coordinatesWith → Holy See ⓘ

Supreme Head of the Church of England → deniedAuthorityOf → Holy See ⓘ

Supreme Court of Vatican City State → distinctFrom → Holy See ⓘ

Cardinal Giulio Alberoni → employer → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Giulio Alberoni

French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères → employer → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean de Bilhères

Section for Relations with States and International Organizations → employer → Holy See ⓘ

Swiss Guard → employer → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican Gendarmerie → employer → Holy See ⓘ

Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter → erectedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Rota → establishedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See → foundedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Catacombs of Rome → governedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Gregorian University → governedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican City → governedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican civil law → governedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Basilica of Saint Mary Major → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio, Vatican City → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio

Palazzo delle Congregazioni, Rome → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Palazzo delle Congregazioni

Pio-Christian Museum → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

Secretariat for Non-Christians → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

Sistine Chapel → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

St. Peter's Square → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

coat of arms of the Holy See → governingBody → Holy See ⓘ

Papacy → governs → Holy See ⓘ

Papal investiture of James II of Aragon in 1297 → grantedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso → grantedPontificalStatusBy → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Nunciature → hasAffiliation → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → hasCentralAuthority → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope

United Nations observers → hasExample → Holy See ⓘ

Commission for Confidential Matters → hasJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ