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.

Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See → hasJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Secretariat of State → hasJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

Vatican City institutions → hasJurisdictionOf → Holy See ⓘ

Council for the Economy → hasJurisdictionOver → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → hasLeaderTitle → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Holy See ⓘ

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

Council of Europe → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

Council of Europe (Strasbourg) → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Europe

UN → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

United Nations → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

Western European and other States → hasObserver → Holy See ⓘ

Organization of American States → hasObserverStatusFor → Holy See ⓘ

Faculty of Education → hasParentOrganizationReligiousAffiliation → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Caodaism → hasPlaceOfWorship → Holy See ⓘ

Latin Rite → hasPrimarySee → Holy See ⓘ

Rome → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Holy See ⓘ

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

Secretariat of State → headOfGovernmentFor → Holy See ⓘ

Ecclesiastical Province of New York → higherJurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ

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

Military Ordinariate of Peru → immediatelySubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Eastern Catholic Churches → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Ethiopian Catholic Church → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Romanian Greek Catholic Church → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Russian Greek Catholic Church → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Syro-Malabar Catholic Church → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church → inCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

East–West Schism → involves → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Patriarchate of Rome

Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador → isAffiliatedWith → Holy See ⓘ

Pope → isHeadOf → Holy See ⓘ

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → isImmediatelySubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Greek Byzantine Catholic Church → isInCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Italo-Albanian Catholic Church → isInCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholicism → isInCommunionWith → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Penitentiary → isOrganOf → Holy See ⓘ

Rome → isSeatOf → Holy See ⓘ

Diocese of Huacho → isSubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Personal Prelature of Ayaviri → isSubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Personal Prelature of Juli → isSubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Buenos Aires → isSubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim → isSubjectTo → Holy See ⓘ

Bull "Ad extirpanda" → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Ad extirpanda

Ad extirpanda → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Amoris laetitia → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Apostolic Letter Sedula Mater → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Bulla Benedictus Deus (1564) confirming the Council of Trent → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Bulla Benedictus Deus (1564)

Caritas in veritate → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Centesimus annus → issuedBy → Holy See ⓘ