Inno e Marcia Pontificale
Also known as Pontifical Anthem, Papal Anthem
national anthem of Vatican City
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"Inno e Marcia Pontificale" is the official national anthem of Vatican City, combining a hymn and a march. It serves as the symbolic musical representation of the Vatican City State during official ceremonies and international occasions.
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The "Pontifical Hymn" (Italian: Inno Pontificio), also known as the "Pontifical Anthem and March" (Italian: Inno e Marcia Pontificale; Latin: Hymnus et modus militaris Pontificalis), is the anthem played to mark the presence of the Pope or one of his representatives, such as a nuncio, and on other solemn occasions. When the Vatican's flag is ceremonially raised, only the first eight bars are played.
While the Papal Anthem also serves as the national anthem of the Holy See and the Vatican City State, the Vatican stresses that it "is not to be understood as a national anthem"; it is a composition whose words and music "speak to the heart of many throughout the world who see in Rome the See of Peter."