Lateran Treaty

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The Lateran Treaty was a 1929 agreement between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See that created the independent state of Vatican City and resolved the longstanding "Roman Question."


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
concordat
international agreement
alsoKnownAs Lateran Accords
Patti Lateranensi
amendedBy 1984 revision of the concordat between Italy and the Holy See
cameIntoForce 1929-06-07
category 1929 in international relations
Treaties of Italy
Treaties of the Holy See
countryAffected Italy
Vatican City
createdEntity Vatican City
dateSigned 1929-02-11
grantedStatus extraterritorial rights to the Holy See in Rome
sovereignty of the Holy See over Vatican City
hasPart concordat regulating church–state relations
financial convention
treaty establishing Vatican City
influenced later concordats between states and the Holy See
jurisdiction territory of Vatican City
language Italian
Latin
legalEffect defined boundaries of Vatican City
recognized full sovereignty of the Holy See
regulated church–state relations in Italy
locationSigned Lateran Palace
Rome
partOf Lateran Pacts
popeDuringSigning Pope Pius XI
provided financial compensation to the Holy See
recognizedAs independent state of Vatican City
recognizedBy international community as basis of Vatican City sovereignty
relatedTo Lateran Palace
Pope Pius XI
religionRecognized Roman Catholicism as state religion of Italy
resolvedIssue Roman Question
signatory Holy See
Kingdom of Italy
signedBy Benito Mussolini
Cardinal Pietro Gasparri
signedUnderGovernment Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini
subjectOf Italian political history
Roman Catholic Church history
successorTo previous informal arrangements between Italy and the Holy See
topic relations between Italy and the Holy See
yearSigned 1929

Referenced by (13)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lateran Treaty ("treaty establishing Vatican City")
Treaties of the Holy See
Treaties of the Holy See ("Concordat between the Holy See and Italy (1929)")
hasPart
Sovereign of the Vatican City State ("Lateran Treaty of 1929")
Vatican City
establishedBy
Sovereign of the Vatican City State
Vatican City flag ("Lateran Treaty of 1929")
legalBasis
Fascist Italy
Kingdom of Italy
signedTreaty
Lateran Treaty ("Lateran Accords")
alsoKnownAs
Treaties of the Holy See ("Lateran Treaty of 1929")
notableExample
Lateran Treaty ("Lateran Pacts")
partOf
Papacy
recognizedAsSovereignBy

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