Papal apartments

The papal apartments is the non-official designation for the collection of apartments, which are private, state, and religious, that wrap around a courtyard (the Courtyard of Sixtus V, Cortile di Sisto V)^[1] on two sides of the third (top) floor^[2] of the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.^[3]^[4]

Since the 17th century, the papal apartments have been the

president of the Italian Republic. The papal apartments are referred to in Italian by several terms, including appartamento nobile and appartamento pontificio.^[1]

Facilities

The apartments include about ten rooms including a

Saint Peter's Square on Sundays.^[3]^[4] The private library has been described as a "vast room with two windows

overlooking Saint Peter's Square." The pope's private chapel occupies the top storey on the east side of the Cortile di Sisto V.

Residency

The pope usually lives at the papal apartments except for the months of July to September, when the

Papal Palace of Castel Gandolfo is the official summer residence.^[3] Three of the last five popes, John XXIII, John Paul I, and John Paul II, died in the papal apartments; the fourth, Paul VI, died at Castel Gandolfo, whilst the fifth, Benedict XVI, resigned and lived at Castel Gandolfo before moving into his new residence

within the Vatican.

However,

Archbishop of Buenos Aires.^[5]