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| Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano (Italian) | |
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| Motto | Fides et Virtus Faith and courage |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1816 |
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| National agency | Vatican City State |
| Operations jurisdiction | Vatican City State |
| Size | 0.49[1] km2 (0.19 sq mi) |
| Population | 836 (2012) |
| Governing body | Governorate of the Vatican City State |
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| Headquarters | via del Pellegrino, Vatican City |
| Sworn members | 122 (in 2022) |
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| Corpo della Gendarmeria | |
The Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City State (Italian: Corpo della Gendarmeria dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) is the gendarmerie, or military police and security force, of Vatican City, Holy See and its extraterritorial properties. It was founded in 1816 as Corps of Gendarmes by Pope Pius VII, renamed the Central Security Office in 1970, the Security Corps in 1991, and was restored to its original name in 2002.[2]
The corps numbered 130 in 2017. It is led by Inspector General Gianluca Gauzzi Broccoletti, who has served on the Vatican gendarmerie since 1995 and who was made deputy leader in 2018. He was appointed by Pope Francis on 15 October 2019.[3]
- ^ De Agostini Atlas Calendar, 1945–46, p. 128. (in Italian)
- ^ "Corpo della Gendarmeria" (in Italian). Stato della Città del Vaticano. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
Il personale del Corpo garantisce la sicurezza e l'ordine pubblico anche nelle zone extraterritoriali di proprietà della Santa Sede.
- ^ "Pope appoints new Commander of the Vatican Gendarmerie". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.