Vatican

Vatican may refer to:

The Holy See

• The Holy See, the governing body of the Catholic Church and sovereign entity recognized by international law, consisting of the pope and the Roman Curia
• A metonym for the governance of the Catholic Church, particularly when attributing doctrine
• Roman Curia, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See
• Vatican Library, of the Roman Curia.
• Vatican Apostolic Archive, which were separated from the Vatican Library in the 17th century
• Vatican Publishing House, the publisher of official documents of the Holy See, separated from the Vatican Library in 1926

Vatican City

• Vatican City, the city-state ruled by the pope in Rome, including St. Peter's Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Vatican Museums
• Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the pope on the Vatican Hill, sometimes called the Vatican Palace
• St. Peter's Basilica, principal church on the Vatican Hill, also known as the Vatican Basilica
• Vatican Museums, contain cultural wealth of the Vatican

Geography

• 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
• Vatican Hill, a hill in Rome on the opposite side of the Tiber from the traditional seven hills of Rome

Other uses

• Vatican, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
• The Vatican (mixtape), a mixtape by Natas
• Vatican Miracle Examiner, a 2016 Japanese light novel series