Captain General of the Church

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The Captain General of the Church was the highest military commander of the Papal States, leading the papal armies on behalf of the pope during the Renaissance and early modern period.

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Label Occurrences
Captain General of the Church canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Papal States office
command position
military office
appliesToJurisdiction Papal States NERFINISHED
appointedBy Pope NERFINISHED
papal bull
country Papal States NERFINISHED
domain defense policy of the Papal States
military affairs
warfare
employer Holy See NERFINISHED
Papal States NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Capitano Generale della Chiesa NERFINISHED
Captain General of the Holy Church
hasDuty command mercenary and feudal contingents
enforce papal authority by military means
lead papal armies in war
organize defense of Papal States
plan and direct military campaigns
protect papal territories
hasHistoricalContext Italian Wars NERFINISHED
wars of religion in early modern Europe
hasJurisdictionOver military administration of the Papal States
papal armies
papal fortresses
hasPower authority over fortresses and garrisons of the Papal States
right to negotiate military capitulations
right to recruit and deploy troops
supreme command over papal land forces
hasRole commander-in-chief of papal forces
defender of the temporal power of the papacy
military leader of the Papal States
supreme commander of papal armies
hasSeat Rome NERFINISHED
hierarchicalInferior papal field commanders
papal officers
papal troops
hierarchicalSuperior Pope NERFINISHED
isDistinctFrom Cardinal-nephew NERFINISHED
Gonfaloniere of the Church NERFINISHED
papal legate
isPositionHeldBy Italian nobles
condottieri
foreign aristocrats in papal service
princes of ruling families
partOf military of the Papal States
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
subordinateTo Holy See NERFINISHED
Pope NERFINISHED
usedInPeriod Renaissance NERFINISHED
early modern period

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Cesare Borgia heldPosition Captain General of the Church