Vatican may refer to:
Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museum
The Holy See
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Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized by international law, consisting of the pope and the Roman Curia
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Catholic Church, particularly when attributing doctrine
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Roman Curia, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See
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Vatican Library, of the Roman Curia.
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Vatican Apostolic Archive, which were separated from the Vatican Library in the 17th century
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Vatican Publishing House
The Vatican Publishing House ( it, Libreria Editrice Vaticana; la, Officina libraria editoria Vaticana; LEV) is a publisher established by the Holy See in 1926. It is responsible for publishing official documents of the Roman Catholic Church ...
, the publisher of official documents of the Holy See, separated from the Vatican Library in 1926
Vatican City
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Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums
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Apostolic Palace
The Apostolic Palace ( la, Palatium Apostolicum; it, Palazzo Apostolico) is the official residence of the pope, the head of the Catholic Church, located in Vatican City. It is also known as the Papal Palace, the Palace of the Vatican and the V ...
, the official residence of the pope on the Vatican Hill, sometimes called the Vatican Palace
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St. Peter's Basilica
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal en ...
, principal church on the Vatican Hill, also known as the Vatican Basilica
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Vatican Museums, contain cultural wealth of the Vatican
Geography
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Ager Vaticanus, the alluvial plain on the right bank of the Tiber down to the Aventine hill and up to the confluence of the Cremera creek
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Vatican Hill, a hill in Rome on the opposite side of the Tiber from the traditional seven hills of Rome
Other uses
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Vatican, Louisiana Vatican is an unincorporated community in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The community is named after Vatican City
Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civita ...
, an unincorporated community in the United States
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''The Vatican'' (mixtape), a mixtape by Natas
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Vatican Miracle Examiner'', a 2016 Japanese light novel series
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