Official status[edit]

Latin was or is the official language of European states:

Holy See used in the diocese, with Italian being the official language of Vatican City
Croatia Latin was the official language of Croatian Parliament (Sabor) from the 13th
to the 19th century (1847). The oldest preserved records of the parliamentary sessions
(Congregatio Regni totius Sclavonie generalis) held in Zagreb (Zagabria), Croatia date
from 19 April 1273. An extensive Croatian Latin literature exists.
Poland officially recognised and widely used[12][13][14][15] between the 9th and 18th
centuries, commonly used in foreign relations and popular as a second language among
some of the nobility[16]