Sovereign of the Papal States

E73493

head of state historical office monarch sovereign

The Sovereign of the Papal States was the temporal ruler of the territories in central Italy under direct control of the pope, combining spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church with secular political authority.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Papal temporal power	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state ⓘ historical office ⓘ monarch ⓘ sovereign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Rome ⓘ
combinesRole	secular political authority ⓘ spiritual leadership of the Catholic Church ⓘ
country	Papal States NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1870 ⓘ
hasPart	spiritual authority ⓘ temporal authority ⓘ
inception	754 ⓘ
languageUsed	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ
legalForm	elective monarchy ⓘ
officeHolder	Pope Alexander VI ⓘ Pope Alexander VII ⓘ Pope Alexander VIII ⓘ Pope Benedict XIV ⓘ Pope Boniface VIII ⓘ Pope Clement IX ⓘ Pope Clement VII ⓘ Pope Clement VIII ⓘ Pope Clement X ⓘ Pope Clement XI ⓘ Pope Clement XIII ⓘ Pope Clement XIV ⓘ Pope Gregory VII ⓘ Pope Gregory XIII ⓘ Pope Gregory XV ⓘ Pope Gregory XVI ⓘ Pope Innocent III ⓘ Pope Innocent VIII ⓘ Pope Innocent X ⓘ Pope Innocent XI ⓘ Pope Innocent XII ⓘ Pope Innocent XIII ⓘ Pope Julius II ⓘ Pope Julius III ⓘ Pope Leo X ⓘ Pope Leo XII ⓘ Pope Martin V ⓘ Pope Nicholas V ⓘ Pope Paul III ⓘ Pope Paul IV ⓘ Pope Paul V ⓘ Pope Pius IV ⓘ Pope Pius IX ⓘ Pope Pius V ⓘ Pope Pius VI ⓘ Pope Pius VII ⓘ Pope Sixtus IV ⓘ Sixtus V ⓘ surface form: Pope Sixtus V Pope Stephen II ⓘ Pope Urban VIII ⓘ
positionHeldBy	pope ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
replacedBy	Sovereign of the Vatican City State ⓘ surface form: Sovereign of Vatican City State
residence	Apostolic Palace ⓘ Quirinal Palace ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Rome ⓘ
selectionMethod	papal conclave ⓘ
territoryIncludes	central Italy ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Italian Risorgimento → opposedTo → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Papal temporal power

Clement VIII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Giovanni Angelo → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Giovanni → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

subject surface form: Giovanni de' Medici

Innocentius PP. IV → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Paul V → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Adrian VI → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Agatho → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Alexander VI → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Alexander VII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Celestine III → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Clement VII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Gregory XIII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Innocent IV → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Julius II → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

The Warrior Pope → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

subject surface form: Pope Julius II

Pope Julius III → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Giovanni → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

subject surface form: Pope Julius III

Pope Leo X → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Paschal II → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Paul IV → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Paul V → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Pius IV → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Pius V → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Pius VII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Sixtus IV → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Urban II → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Pope Urban VIII → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ

Sixtus V → positionHeld → Sovereign of the Papal States ⓘ