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page 18th century in the Papal States
Donation of Pepin
document providing a legal basis for the erection of the Papal States, which extended the temporal rule of the Popes beyond the duchy of Rome
Donation of Sutri
agreement reached at Sutri by Liutprand, King of the Lombards and Pope Gregory II in 728
Lateran Council of 769
synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in 769; rectified abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the Antipopes Constantine II and Philip; condemned the Council of Hieria (754)