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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.