Papal States: All Data

This page is about the data available for this polity, the chronology of the events of the polity is available here.

Was the territory in the Italian Peninsula under the direct sovereign rule of the Pope from 756 until 1870. It was one of the major states of Italy from the 8th century until the unification of Italy, between 1859 and 1870. It originated from the Byzantine rule in Latium and from donations to the church made by the Frankish kings.