Papal States

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former sovereign state historical country theocratic state

The Papal States were a series of territories in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the pope from the 8th century until Italian unification in the 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Italian state 2
Sovereign of the Papal States 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former sovereign state ⓘ
historical country ⓘ
theocratic state ⓘ
capital Rome ⓘ
contains Ancona ⓘ
Avignon ⓘ
Beneventum ⓘ
surface form: Benevento

Bologna ⓘ
Ferrara ⓘ
Perugia ⓘ
Ravenna ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
currency lira ⓘ
scudo ⓘ
diplomaticRelation Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Duchy of Savoy ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Republic of Venice ⓘ
endCause Capture of Rome ⓘ
Italian unification ⓘ
endTime 1870 ⓘ
event Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Austro-Sardinian War

Avignon Papacy ⓘ
Concordat of Worms ⓘ
Congress of Vienna ⓘ
Donation of Pepin ⓘ
Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
Roman Republic (1849) ⓘ
Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Vatican City ⓘ
foundedBy Pepin the Short ⓘ
Pope Stephen II ⓘ
governmentType ecclesiastical elective monarchy ⓘ
theocracy ⓘ
headOfState Pope ⓘ
legalSystem canon law ⓘ
notableLeader Pope Gregory VII ⓘ
Pope Innocent III ⓘ
Pope Julius II ⓘ
Pope Pius IX ⓘ
officialLanguage Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
partOf Italian Peninsula ⓘ
precededBy Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulerTitle Pope ⓘ
startTime 754 ⓘ
8th century ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

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

Lucien Bonaparte → placeOfDeath → Papal States ⓘ
Michelangelo → placeOfDeath → Papal States ⓘ
Pope Paul V → placeOfDeath → Papal States ⓘ
Pope Pius VII → placeOfDeath → Papal States ⓘ
Pope Urban VIII → placeOfDeath → Papal States ⓘ
Farnese → politicalAlignment → Papal States ⓘ
Pope Paul III → positionHeld → Papal States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sovereign of the Papal States
Kingdom of Italy → predecessor → Papal States ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy → successor → Papal States ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Kingdom of the Lombards → successor → Papal States ⓘ
First Crusade → supportedBy → Papal States ⓘ
Rome → wasCapitalOf → Papal States ⓘ