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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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

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.

Section for Life → jurisdiction → Holy See ⓘ
Shroud of Turin → legalOwner → Holy See ⓘ
subject surface form: Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio
Section for Life → operatedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Vatican Museums → operatedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Vatican Radio → operatedBy → Holy See ⓘ
St. Peter's Basilica → operator → Holy See ⓘ
subject surface form: World Youth Day 1985
Apostolic Palace → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Carriage Pavilion → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Casina Pio IV → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Domus Sanctae Marthae → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
L'Osservatore Romano → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Pio-Christian Museum → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
St. Peter's Basilica → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Vatican Gardens → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
Vatican Museums → ownedBy → Holy See ⓘ
subject surface form: Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio
Vatican Radio → owner → Holy See ⓘ
DDF → parentOrganization → Holy See ⓘ
subject surface form: Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith