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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 806 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHURCH, or PAPAL STATES (Ital. Stato della Chiesa, Stato Pontifico, Stato Romano, Stato Ecclesiastico Fr. bats de l'Eglise, Pontifical Souverain de See also:Rome, &c.; Ger. Kirchenstaat; in ecclesiastical Latin often Patrimonium Sancti Petri)  , that portion of central See also:Italy which, previous to the unification of the See also:kingdom, was under the See also:direct See also:government of the see of See also:Rome . The territory stood in 1859 as in the annexed table . With the exception of See also:Benevento, surrounded by the Neapolitan See also:province of Principato Ulteriore, and the small See also:state of See also:Pontecorvo, enclosed within the Terra di Lavoro, the States of the See also:Church formed a compact territory, bounded on the N.W. by the See also:Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, on the N.E. by the Adriatic, on the S.E. by the kingdom of See also:Naples, on the S.W. by the Mediterranean, and on the W. by the See also:grand-duchy of See also:Tuscany and the duchy of See also:Modena . On the Adriatic the See also:coast extended 140 M. from the mouth of the Tronto (Truentus) to the See also:southern mouth of the Po, and on the Tyrrhenian See also:Sea 130 M. from 41° 20' to 42° 22' N. See also:lat . See also:Area in See also:Population See also:English sq. m. in 1853 . Comarca of Rome 1752.8 326,509 See also:Bologna . 1359.2 375,631 . . . . N See also:Ferrara 1094'0 244,524 Forli 718.8 218,433 See also:Ravenna 701.5 175,994 co See also:Urbino, with See also:Pesaro 1414.6 257,751 See also:Velletri 571.3 62,013 See also:Ancona 441.8 176, 519 See also:Macerata 895.o 243,104 See also:Camerino 320.0 42,991 See also:Fermo 335'7 110,321 . c See also:Ascoli . . 476.3 91,916 2, See also:Perugia 1555'5 234,533 e See also:Spoleto 1175'9 135,029 See also:Rieti eto 531'7 73,683 Q See also:Viterbo .. . .

. . . 1158.9 128,324 See also:

Orvieto . . 316.6 29,047 Civita Vecchia 380.0 20,701 See also:Frosinone, with Pontecorvo 739'9 154,559 Benevento . . . . 61.3 23,176 16,000•8 3,124,758 The divisions shown above were adopted on the 21st of See also:December 1827, the legations being ruled by a See also:cardinal and the delegations by a See also:prelate . Previously the several districts formally recognized were See also:Latium, the Marittima (or sea-See also:board) and Campagna, the patrimony of See also:Saint See also:Peter, the duchy of See also:Castro, the Orvietano, the Sabina, See also:Umbria, the See also:Perugino, the See also:March of Ancona, Romagna, the Bolognese, the Ferrarese, and the duchies of Benevento and of Pontecorvo . The former papal territories are now comprised within the See also:Italian provinces of Bologna, Ferrara, Forli, Ravenna, Pesaro and Urbino, Ancona, Macerata, Ascoli-Piceno, Perugia, Rome and Benevento . The question of the origin of the territorial See also:jurisdiction of the See also:pope is treated under PAPACY . With the moral and ecclesiastical decay of the papacy in the 9th and loth centuries much of its territorial authority slipped from its grasp; and by the See also:middle of the 11th See also:century its See also:rule was not recognized beyond Rome and the immediate vicinity . By the treaty of See also:Sutri (See also:February 1 111) See also:Paschal II. was compelled by the See also:emperor See also:Henry V. to surrender all the possessions and royalties of the Church; but this treaty was soon afterwards repudiated, and by the will of See also:Matilda, countess of Tuscany, the papal see was enabled to See also:lay claim to new territories of See also:great value . By the See also:capitulation of See also:Neuss (1201) the emperor See also:Otto IV. recognized the papal authority over the whole See also:tract from Radicofani in Tuscany to the pass of Ceperano on the Neapolitan frontier—the exarchate of Ravenna, the Pentapolis, the March of Ancona, the bishopric of Spoleto, Matilda's See also:personal estates, and the countship of Brittenoro; but a See also:good See also:deal of the territory thus described remained for centuries an See also:object of ambition only on the See also:part of the popes . The actual See also:annexation of Ravenna, Ancona, Bologna, Ferrara, &c., See also:dates from the 16th century .

The States of the Church were of course submerged for a See also:

time by the ground-swell of the See also:French Revolution, but they appeared again in 1814 . In 1849 they received a constitution . On the formation of the kingdom of Italy in 186o they were reduced to the Comarca of Rome, the See also:legation of Velletri, and the three delegations of Viterbo, Civita Vecchia and Frosinone; and in 187o they disappeared from the See also:political See also:map of See also:Europe . See ITALY: See also:History .

End of Article: STATES OF THE CHURCH, or PAPAL STATES (Ital. Stato della Chiesa, Stato Pontifico, Stato Romano, Stato Ecclesiastico Fr. bats de l'Eglise, Pontifical Souverain de Rome, &c.; Ger. Kirchenstaat; in ecclesiastical Latin often Patrimonium Sancti Petri)
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