States of the Church

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Papal States former country historical state theocratic state

The States of the Church, also known as the Papal States, were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from the Middle Ages until Italian unification in the 19th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
States of the Church canonical	1
Stati della Chiesa	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Papal States ⓘ former country ⓘ historical state ⓘ theocratic state ⓘ
alternateName	Papal States ⓘ States of the Church ⓘ surface form: Stati della Chiesa Stato della Chiesa ⓘ
borderedBy	Duchy of Modena and Reggio ⓘ Duchy of Parma ⓘ Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (by unification of Naples and Sicily) ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Republic of Florence ⓘ Republic of Venice ⓘ
capital	Avignon ⓘ Rome ⓘ
coatOfArms	Papal tiara ⓘ surface form: papal tiara and crossed keys of Saint Peter
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italian states ⓘ surface form: Italy (historical regions)
currency	lira ⓘ scudo ⓘ
dissolutionCause	annexation by the Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
endTime	1870 ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
event	Avignon Papacy ⓘ Capture of Rome ⓘ Concordat of Worms ⓘ Congress of Vienna ⓘ Donation of Pepin ⓘ Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Italian unification Lateran Treaty ⓘ Lega Italica ⓘ Napoleonic administration in Rome ⓘ surface form: Napoleonic occupation of Rome Italian Risorgimento ⓘ surface form: Risorgimento Roman Question ⓘ Roman Republic (1849) ⓘ Sack of Rome (1527) ⓘ
flag	yellow and white bicolour with papal insignia ⓘ
governmentType	ecclesiastical elective monarchy ⓘ theocracy ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Pope ⓘ
headOfState	Pope ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century ⓘ Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period Middle Ages ⓘ Renaissance ⓘ
language	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalSystem	canon law ⓘ
legislature	Roman Curia ⓘ
notableRuler	Pope Gregory VII ⓘ Pope Innocent III ⓘ Pope Julius II ⓘ Pope Pius IX ⓘ
partOf	Italian Peninsula ⓘ
predecessor	Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna ⓘ Duchy of Rome ⓘ
recognizedBy	Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ surface form: Frankish Kingdom Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruledBy	College of Cardinals ⓘ surface form: College of Cardinals (electoral body)
rulingDynasty	Holy See ⓘ
sovereign	Holy See ⓘ
startTime	754 ⓘ 8th century ⓘ
successor	Kingdom of Italy ⓘ Vatican City ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Avignon ⓘ Bologna ⓘ Comtat Venaissin ⓘ Ferrara ⓘ Lazio ⓘ Marche region ⓘ surface form: Marche Emilia-Romagna ⓘ surface form: Romagna Rome ⓘ Umbria ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Papal scudo → historicalRegion → States of the Church ⓘ

States of the Church → alternateName → States of the Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Stati della Chiesa