WEBVatican City (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən / ⓘ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; [f] Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), [g] [h] is a landlocked sovereign country, [16] [17] city-state, microstate, and enclave originally located in Rome, Italy.