Monaco: a Catholic State
Article 9 of Monaco’s Constitution establishes Catholicism as the State religion. Deo Juvante, “with the help of God”, is the motto of the Royal Family.Tradition holds that the Catholic faith was brought to Monaco by Saint Devota. Legend aside, the first remnants of the Catholic Church in the Principality were found in the Vallon des Gaumates, next to Port Hercule.
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