Pedantically, the Holy See[1] is the Pope's jurisdiction, which includes his universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction in addition to territorial control of a sover

Pedantically, the Holy See[1] is the Pope's jurisdiction, which includes his universal ecclesiastical jurisdiction in addition to territorial control of a sovereign state. This state[2], per the treaty establishing it[3], is properly referred to as "Vatican City State" (Stato della Città del Vaticano). This is understandably confused by the fact that it is the Holy See, not Vatican City State, that maintains foreign relations and participates in international organizations like the UN. This, I assume, is why the official ISO name associated with country code VA was at some point changed from "Vatican City State (Holy See)" to "Holy See (the)"[4]. Interestingly, both entities issue passports[5]. [1] https://www.vatican.va/ https://www.vatican.va/ [2] https://www.vaticanstate.va/ https://www.vaticanstate.va/ [3] https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivio/documents/rc_seg-st_19290211_patti-lateranensi_it.html https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/secretariat_state/archivi... [4] https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VA https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:VA [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_and_Holy_See_passports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_and_Holy_See_passports