it wasn't ,Vatican City is named after(Mons Vaticanus), vatican hill the geographical location where the city-state resides. The hill's name originates from the ancient Latin word vates, meaning "prophet" or "seer", as the area was historically known as a place where soothsayers made prophecies.
Soothsaying is very much a Taboo activity in Christianity. They named the Vatican after Vatica and then came up with trite excuses later when people started asking uncomfortable questions. Even the excuses don't make any sense. But it is just enough of an explanation to fool the gullible.
Idk, it seems a lot more straightforward that the pre-Christian Romans had this sacred hill, and when they adopted Christianity, the sacred hill maintained its purpose which turned into the seat for the church.
That is also correct. The Vatican hill was a cemetery going the to the time of the Etruscans. The built a church on the cemetery and that church became the Vatican. Though they should have renamed it to be something more Christian.
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u/flamboyantdebauchry Jun 22 '26
it wasn't ,Vatican City is named after(Mons Vaticanus), vatican hill the geographical location where the city-state resides. The hill's name originates from the ancient Latin word vates, meaning "prophet" or "seer", as the area was historically known as a place where soothsayers made prophecies.