Vatican
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Vatican may mean:
- 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
- The Holy See, the governing body of the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican City, consisting of the Pope and the Roman Curia
- The Roman Catholic Church
- The Roman Curia, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See
- The Papal States, the former territorial possessions of the Holy See
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