- Papal States
- Pa′pal States′n. pl.why+geg the areas in central Italy ruled by the popes from a.d. 755 until the unification of Italy in 1870Also called States of the Church
From formal English to slang. 2014.
Papal States
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Papal States — States of the Church Stati della Chiesa Status Pontificius ← ← … Wikipedia
Papal States — • Consists of the civil territory which for over 1000 years (754 1870) acknowledged the pope as temporal ruler Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Papal States — former territory in central & NC Italy, ruled by the papacy from the 8th cent. until 1870 … English World dictionary
Papal States — the areas comprising a large district in central Italy ruled as a temporal domain by the popes from A.D. 755 until the greater part of it was annexed in 1860, by Victor Emmanuel II: the remaining part, Rome and its environs, was absorbed into the … Universalium
Papal States — The political sovereignty of the popes over the city of Rome and a more or less extensive surrounding region goes back to Frankish times, when King Pepin and his son the Emperor Charle magne rescued the popes from domination by the Lombards… … Historical Dictionary of Renaissance
Papal States — The Papal States were the territories on the Italian peninsula that were governed by the Popes for over a thousand years (eighth to ninteenth centuries). The Papal States ended with the capture of Rome by the Kingdom of Italy in 1870; in 1929 … Glossary of theological terms
Papal States scudo — Coin image box 1 double header = Sede vacante hbkg = #abcdef caption left = SEDE VACANTE MDCCCXXXXVI, cardinal Riario Sforza coat of arms surmounted by canopy, crossed keys, and cardinal s cap; R (mint) and NIC C (Niccolò Cerbara, engraver) in… … Wikipedia
Papal States lira — The lira was the currency of the Papal States between 1866 and 1870. It replaced the scudo at a rate of 5.375 lire = 1 scudo [ [http://www.tesionline.it/ PDF/9525/9525p.pdf] it icon] and was equivalent to the Italian lira. The lira was subdivided … Wikipedia
PAPAL STATES — a territory in the N. of Italy extending irregularly from Naples to the Po, at one time subject to the temporal sovereignty of the Pope, originating in a gift to his Holiness of Pepin the Short, and taking shape as such about the 11th century … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Papal States — noun One of the major historical states of Italy before the peninsula was unified in 1861. It comprised those territories over which the Pope was the ruler in a civil as well as a spiritual sense … Wiktionary
