Vatican Library

Summary

Vatican Library is a national library^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of national_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (300 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Vatican Library was a member of Société de l’histoire de France^[3].
• Vatican Library was a member of IIIF Consortium^[4].
• Vatican Library was a member of Conference of European National Librarians^[5].
• Vatican Library was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions^[6].
• Vatican Library is located in Vatican City^[7].
• Vatican Library is in the country of Vatican City^[8].
• Vatican Library's image is recorded as Melozzo da Forlì 001.jpg^[9].
• Vatican Library's instance of is recorded as national library^[10].
• Vatican Library's instance of is recorded as Departments of the Roman Curia^[11].
• Vatican Library's instance of is recorded as office of the Roman Curia^[12].
• Vatican Library's ISNI is recorded as 0000000121786485^[13].
• Vatican Library's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146085455^[14].
• Vatican Library's GND ID is recorded as 1003302-6^[15].
• Vatican Library's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80050101^[16].
• Vatican Library's Union List of Artist Names ID is recorded as 500308607^[17].
• Vatican Library's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11873553t^[18].
• Vatican Library's IdRef ID is recorded as 027307808^[19].
• Vatican Library's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA01214983^[20].
• Vatican Library's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00744087^[21].
• Vatican Library's child organization or unit is recorded as R. Pfister Collection^[22].
• Vatican Library's Commons category is recorded as Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana^[23].
• Vatican Library's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 36347116^[24].
• +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vatican Library^[25].
• +1475-06-15T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Vatican Library^[26].
• Vatican Library's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.904722222222, 'lon': 12.454444444444}^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1450-00-00T00:00:00Z^[25] and +1475-06-15T00:00:00Z^[26].

Identity

Vatican Library's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'BAV'}^[28].

Leadership

Vatican Library's director / manager is recorded as Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi^[29].

Operations

Vatican Library's child organization or unit is recorded as R. Pfister Collection^[22].

Why It Matters

Vatican Library ranks in the top 3% of national_library entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (300 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]