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Vatican Library

Also known as Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

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41.9047, 12.4544 · Wikidata Q213678 P625 (accessed 2026-11-12) · On the map

  • founded or start. 1450high · Wikidata P571

Papal library (formally founded 1475) holding Codex Vaticanus and many patristic manuscripts; digitized at DigiVatLib.

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The Vatican Apostolic Library, more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established by Pope Sixtus IV on June 15, 1475, by the papal bull Ad decorem militantis ecclesiae, although it is much older. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. It has 75,000 codices from throughout history, as well as 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 incunabula.

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