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
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.

Apostolic Signatura → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

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

College of Cardinals → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Commission for Confidential Matters → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Council for the Economy → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for Bishops → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for Culture and Education → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

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

Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Dicastery for the Oriental Churches → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Governorate of Vatican City State → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Pontifical Councils → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

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

Secretariat for the Economy → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Secretariat of State → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

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

Section for Fundamental Questions of Evangelization in the World → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Section for Life → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

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

Section for the Family → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

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

Suprema Paenitentiaria Apostolica → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Undersecretary for Religious → partOf → Holy See ⓘ

Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb → partnerInDialogueWith → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb

this entity surface form: The Vatican

Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyeb → partnerInDialogueWith → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb

Peter II of Aragon → pledgedFealtyTo → Holy See ⓘ

Pope Francis → positionHeld → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign of the Vatican City State

Pope Leo XIII → positionHeld → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sovereign of the Vatican City precursor, the Holy See

Traditionis custodes → publishedBy → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vatican

Laudate Deum → publisher → Holy See ⓘ

Roman Pontifical → publisher → Holy See ⓘ

Albanian Greek Catholic Church → recognisedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Georgian Catholic Church → recognisedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Macedonian Greek Catholic Church → recognisedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Ambrosian Rite → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Benedictine Confederation → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Congregation of Holy Cross → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Council of Carthage (418) → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman See

Dominican nuns → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

International Federation of Catholic Universities → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Sisters of Loreto → recognizedBy → Holy See ⓘ

General Roman Calendar → regulatedBy → Holy See ⓘ

Pantheon → religiousAdministration → Holy See ⓘ

this entity surface form: Diocese of Rome

Faculty of Education → religiousAffiliation → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Faculty of Education (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru)

Bull "Etsi de statu" → religiousAuthority → Holy See ⓘ

subject surface form: Etsi de statu