Holy See coat of arms
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| Heraldic shield | Key and tiara |
The coat of arms of the Holy See is an emblem of the non-state subject of international law, the Holy See . It is to be distinguished from the coat of arms of the Vatican City and the Pope's coat of arms as the personal coat of arms of the Pope .
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The coat of arms shows the keys of Peter under the tiara , the ribbons of which wrap the ends of the keys. In contrast to the coat of arms of the Vatican City , the beard of the golden key in the coat of arms of the Holy See points to the left ( heraldically "right" ). In Christian iconography, these keys have always been regarded as an attribute of St. Peter, since the popes ("bishops of Rome") carry out their task in his succession. Thus the Roman popes are not to be seen as representatives of God in church history, but are in the apostolic succession of Peter, to whom Jesus had entrusted the church office (Matt. 16, 19: "... will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven ...").
Unlike the Pope coat of arms and the arms of the Vatican the tassel occupied ends of the cord are red by the first key reiden out and then looped around the crossing point of the key, from which loose from they hang vertically downward.