Brewer's: Thunders of the Vatican

The anathemas and denunciations of the Pope, whose palace is the Vatican of Rome.

Properly speaking, the Vatican consists of the Papal palace, the court and garden of Belvedere, the library, and the museum, all on the right bank of the Tiber.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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