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Papal States
Sign in to saveAlso known as Papal State, Church State, State of the Church, Stato della Chiesa, Status Ecclesiae, Ecclesiastical States, Church States, States of the Church
territories mostly in the Appenine Peninsula under the sovereign direct rule of the pope between 756–1870
The Papal States were territories, mostly in the Apennine Peninsula, that were directly ruled by the pope as an independent sovereign from 756 to 1870. They mattered because they gave the pope temporal (worldly) power and independence from other rulers, allowing the Catholic Church to maintain its own government separate from secular kingdoms.
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- Official name
- statusu Pontificius
- Demonym
- Papal
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Participant in
- Long War
- Country
- Papal States
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital
- Rome
- Official language
- Latin
- Currency
- papal lira
- Area
- 44000
- Form of government
- absolute theocratic monarchy
- Anthem
- Marcia trionfale
- Shares border with
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Founded by
- Stephen II
- Followed by
- Kingdom of Italy
- Follows
- Trasimène
- Image
- Pintoricchio 018 detail.jpg
- Significant event
- Capture of Rome
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- replaced by
- Roman Republic
- Commons category
- Papal States
- topic's main category
- Category:Papal States
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1870-09-20
- inception
- 0754-00-00
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- located in/on physical feature
- Italian Peninsula
- native label
- Patrimonium Sancti Petri
- language used
- Italian
- official religion
- Catholic Church
- Gregorian calendar start date
- 1582-10-15
- replaces
- Trasimène
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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