The smallest sovereign state in the world; the see of the Pope (as the Bishop of Rome); home of the Pope and the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church; achieved independence from Italy in 1929.
Veure'n més
A sovereign city-state in Rome.
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Examples for "the holy see "
Examples for "the holy see "
1 He was employed frequently in most important commissions, both by the holy see and by the king.
2 He found the emperor the virtual patron of the holy see : he wrested that power from his hands.
3 It is the decision of the Holy See ; St. Peter has spoken.'
4 The fact is that on the morrow the Holy See was vacant.
5 Anne, and even yet return to the obedience of the Holy See .
1 Vatican City was ranked most stable, followed by Sweden, Luxembourg and Monaco.
2 Twenty-four hours later, he had almost lost his life inside Vatican City .
3 The geographical cross missed Rome and Vatican City by over fifty miles.
4 It connected Vatican City with the pope's summer palace at Castel Gandolfo.
5 It paralleled the Leonine Wall, the stone-and-mortar cliff that enclosed Vatican City .
Gramàtica, pronunciació i més
Translations for state of the vatican city