Segreteria di Stato

The fonds contains documentation produced by the Secretariat of State and its different departments. The Secretariat of State is the most prominent ministry of the Holy See, dealing with international relations and political issues. The Secretary of State is the most important function on a political and diplomatic level in the Holy See after the Pope. Indice dei Fondi e relativi mezzi di descrizione e di ricerca dell'Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Vatican City, 2016. See: http://www.archiviosegretovaticano.va/content/dam/archiviosegretovaticano/documenti/Collection%20Index%20and%20related%20description%20and%20research%20resources.pdf