Vatican may refer to:

• The Holy See, the central governing body of the Catholic Church, consisting of the Pope and the Roman Curia
• The Roman Curia, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See
• Vatican City, the sovereign state
• Vatican Hill, a hill in Rome on the opposite side of the Tiber from the traditional seven hills of Rome
• Apostolic Palace, the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City (sometimes referred to as the Vatican Palace)

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Roman Catholic Church, together with the Pope Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory Vatican Hill (in Latin, Vaticanus Mons) is the name given long before the founding of Christianity, to one of the hills on the side of the

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