First Day Cover: Popes (Vatican City 1998)
Popes (Vatican City 1998)
24 March (Vatican City ) within release Popes goes into circulation First Day Cover Popes face value 500 Vatican lira
| First Day Cover Popes in catalogues | |
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| Michel: | Mi:VA FDC1236 |
First Day Cover is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Popes:
- First Day Cover - Pope Martin V face value 700;
- First Day Cover - Pope Nikolaus V face value 800;
- First Day Cover - Pope Sixtus IV face value 900;
- First Day Cover - Pope Klemens VII face value 3000;
- First Day Cover - Pope Klemens VI face value 400;
- First Day Cover - Pope Bonifatius VIII face value 200;
- First Day Cover - Popes face value 1300;
- First Day Cover - Popes face value 500;
First Day Cover Popes it reflects the thematic directions:
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.
