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'''Important: Note''', the key of ''gold'' (yellow) pointing to the ''left'' (heraldically said ''right'') represents the '''Holy See and the Pope''' [http://www.vatican.va/], the key of ''silver'' (grey) pointing to the ''left'' (heraldically said ''right'') represents the '''State of Vatican''' [http://www.vaticanstate.va/IT/homepage.htm].
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'''Important''': Note, the key of ''gold'' (yellow) pointing to the ''left'' (heraldically said ''right'') represents the '''Holy See and the Pope''' [http://www.vatican.va/], the key of ''silver'' (grey) pointing to the ''left'' (heraldically said ''right'') represents the '''State of Vatican''' [http://www.vaticanstate.va/IT/homepage.htm].

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The Heraldry Society (''Coat of Arms'', 1966) wrote in a response to an enquiry: «Papal Arms. With reference to the '''arms of the Holy See''', one authority gives the blazon as follows: [[:en:Gules|''Gules'']]^(red) a key ''or''^(golden) in [[:en:Bend (heraldry)|bend]]^{(pointing to the left, heraldically said “right”)} above a key ''argent''^(silver) in bend ''sinister''^{(pointing to the right, heraldically said “left”)}, both wards upwards, the bows united by a cord ''or''^(golden), above the shield a tiara, its three crowns ''or'', the mitre ''argent''».

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See also [[:en:Coats of arms of the Holy See and Vatican City|Coats of arms of the Holy See and Vatican City]].

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{{cat see also|Vatican City}}

{{cat see also|Vatican City}}

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