Stamp: Popes (Vatican City 1999)
Popes (Vatican City 1999)
01 January (Vatican City ) within release Popes goes into circulation Stamp Popes face value 1000 Vatican lira
| Stamp Popes in catalogues | |
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| Michel: | Mi:VA 1273 |
| Yvert et Tellier: | Yt:VA 1133 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Popes:
- Stamp - Popes face value 300;
- Stamp - Popes face value 600;
- Stamp - Popes face value 800;
- Stamp - Popes face value 900;
- Stamp - Popes face value 1000;
- Stamp - Popes face value 1300;
- Stamp - Popes face value 1500;
- Stamp - Popes face value 2000;
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| Stamp Popes in digits | |
| Country: | Vatican City |
| Date: | 1999-01-01 |
| Perforation: | 13½ |
| Format: | Stamp |
| Face Value: | 1000 Vatican lira |
Stamp Popes it reflects the thematic directions:
in Western Christianity, the tradition dates to 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII convoked a holy year, following which ordinary jubilees have generally been celebrated every 25 or 50 years, with extraordinary jubilees in addition depending on need. Catholic jubilees, particularly in the Latin Church, generally involve a pilgrimage to a sacred site, normally the city of Rome. The Catholic Church declared the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy for 2015–2016.
The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') is the bishop of Rome and the visible head[a] of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, Roman pontiff, or sovereign pontiff. From the eighth century until 1870, the pope was the sovereign or head of state of the Papal States, and since 1929 of the much smaller Vatican City state.From a Catholic viewpoint, the primacy of the bishop of Rome is largely derived from his role as the apostolic successor to Saint Peter, to whom primacy was conferred by Jesus, who gave Peter the Keys of Heaven and the powers of "binding and loosing", naming him as the "rock" upon which the Church would be built. The reigning pope is Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013.
