Papal States

The Papal States, officially the State of the Church (, ; ;Frederik de Wit, "Status Ecclesiasticus et Magnus Ducatus Thoscanae" (1700) also ), were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope, from the 8th century until 1870.

By 1861, much of the Papal States' territory had been conquered by the Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the Pope lost Lazio and Rome and had no physical territory at all, except the Vatican.

Related pages
 History of Rome
 Donation of Constantine
 Italian unification

References

Other websites
 Papal States Coinage
 WorldStatesmen: Italy
 WHKMLA Historical atlas: here the page offering numerous links to maps of/containing Italy

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